Libyans celebrate Muammar al-Gaddafi's fall in Zimbabwe (file photo).
African Union Recognises New Libyan Govt
The African Union and South Africa have caved in to international pressure, acknowledging that power has indeed changed hands in Libya.-
Libya: African Union Finally Recognizes New Govt
Daily Maverick, 20 September 2011
Reality has finally dawned on the African Union, which announced from New York on Tuesday its recognition of the National Transitional Council as the de facto government of Libya.… Read more »
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Libya: AU Recognises New Government
BuaNews, 20 September 2011
The African Union (AU) has officially recognised the National Transitional Council (NTC) as the representative of the Libyan people as they form an all-inclusive transitional… Read more »
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Africa: On Unconstitutional Changes of Government - The Case of Libya's NTC
ISS, 20 September 2011
The African Union (AU) High-Level ad hoc committee on Libya in its 14 September 2011 meeting, held in Pretoria, South Africa, reviewed the situation in Libya. The Communiqué… Read more »
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Libya: Nigeria Backs Transitional Govt
Vanguard, 20 September 2011
Nigeria has reaffirmed its support for Libya's Transitional Council, in spite of being absent at a UN General Assembly that allowed the former rebels to represent the people of… Read more »
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Libya: Fall of Gaddafi - Lessons for Africa
AfricaFocus, 19 September 2011
"That the West has always had a nefarious agenda in Africa is not news--we all remember the slave trade, colonialism, and structural adjustment. But we give the West too much power… Read more »
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Libya: What Does Gaddafi's Fall Mean for Africa?
AfricaFocus, 19 September 2011
"Whereas the fall of Mubarak and Ben Ali directed our attention to internal social forces, the fall of Gaddafi has brought a new equation to the forefront: the connection between… Read more »
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Africa: Observations & Questions
AfricaFocus, 19 September 2011
As was the case for Tunisia and Egypt, there has been no shortage of day-to-day news coverage (often contradictory) and impassioned international policy debate on the Libyan… Read more »
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Libya: African Union Recognizes National Transitional Council
African Union, 20 September 2011
The Chairperson of the African Union H.E. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of Equatorial Guinea, received a briefing from the Ad Hoc Committee of the AU Peace and Security… Read more »
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Twelve African countries joined a losing bid to block Libya's new transitional administration from taking up the country's UN seat. Eighteen African countries voted to seat the new ... Read more »
