Entries from Byline Portal tagged with 'Libya'
Year after Gaddafi Death, Libya Ponders Progress
by Leila Jacinto, France 24, France - October 20, 2011 marked a milestone in Libyan history with the capture and death of Muammar Gaddafi. A year later, Libyans still long for security, but they have managed a democratic transition –...
Innocence of Protesters, Not Killers or Provocateurs
by Merve Busra Özturk, Today's Zaman, Turkey - Either the Western countries will think that the dictators ousted by the Arab Spring have been replaced by pro-Shariah powers that must be stopped immediately, or the provocative act in Libya and...
Taking a Syrian Bride: Patriotic Duty or Abuse?
by Abir Sarras, Radio Netherlands, The Netherlands - Syrian women who have fled the violence in their country are in a vulnerable situation in more ways than one. RNW’s Arab desk has discovered that agencies in Libya are offering to...
Embassies under Attack over Anti-Islam Video
by Rosalind Jordan, Al Jazeera, Qatar - Violent protests in Tunisia, Yemen, Sudan and elsewhere as crowds target US, UK and German embassies....
Liberal Victory in Libya Stuns Maghreb
by Houda Trabelsi, Magharebia, Tunisia - A triumph by moderate forces in Libya's democratic election could alter the politics of the Maghreb....
Libyan Woman Breaks Silence on Torture
by Jannie Schipper, Radio Netherlands, The Netherlands - While Libya is looking forward to its first democratic elections on July 7th, many people still live with painful memories of the violent events that led to the removal of Muammar Gaddafi....
As First Election Looms, Libyans Count Blessings
by Leela Jacinto, France 24, France - As the country heads for its first free elections after the rise and fall of Muammar Gaddafi, Libya is once more in the news - and it’s not good news. Yet behind the...
The Gaddafi Archives: Libya before the Arab Spring London 2012
by Farah Abushwesha, The Tripoli Post, Libya - Whilst the last six months have seen an explosion of exhibitions, talks and publications focusing on Libyan art and other forms of creative expression as a result of the Arab Spring –...
What if the 'People' Don't Want Democracy?
by Sarmila Bose, Al Jazeera, Qatar - Polling data shows that many people - from Libya to South Asia - are wary of democratic systems....
Libya and the NTC: 12,000 US Troops to Libya
by Cynthia McKinney, Pambazuka News, Kenya - The ‘Arab Spring’ has sprung and the indelible fingerprints of malignant foreign financed operations must be erased if the people are to have a chance to truly govern themselves. Unfortunately, these foreign-inspired organizations...
Libya: Smuggling War as Human Rights?
by Khadija Sharife, Pambazuka News, Kenya - Was Gaddafi the most threatening figure on the African continent? Or was he convenient as a pretext to push through military missions vying to establish bases in Africa?...
The Rebels' Ongoing Search for Gadhafi's Mercenaries
by Barbara Hardinghaus, Der Spiegel, Germany - Libya's dictator may be dead, but some of the rebels who deposed him are still hunting down Gadhafi's mercenaries from sub-Saharan Africa. The fighting has driven thousands of people out of the town...
Francafrique Goes Democratique?
by Khadija Sharife, Pambazuka, Kenya - Did France intervene in Libya out of desire to promote democracy, or simply to secure its business interests?...
False Ending
by Sophie McBain, New Statesman, UK - Muammar Gaddafi is dead but the women of Libya remain fearful....
Musings on the Death of Gaddafi
by Sokari Ekine, Pambazuka, Kenya - Taking a look at what ‘African bloggers had to say about Gaddafi’s demise and Libya’s freedom celebrations.’...
Gadhafi Era Ends: What's Next for Libya?
By Clare Morgana Gillis, Jim Michaels and William M. Welch, USA Today, USA - His 42 years of despotic rule already at an end, deposed Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi ran out of places to hide Thursday and was killed after...
Giving Birth on the Frontline
by Sue Turton, Al Jazeera, Qatar - The impact of the drawn out conflict on ordinary people in Sirte was brought into sharp focus for us last night. We had swung by the field hospital on the way back from...
Special Report: How to Win Business in Libya
by Emma Farge, Lorraine Turner & John Irish, Reuters, UK - If French and British politicians are tallying up the contracts, business executives are leaving little to chance. Foreign companies withdrew from Libya at the outset of the NATO bombing...
Witnessing The Transition to Fear in Tripoli
by Lizzie Phelan, Pambazuka News, Kenya - Amidst all the media furore about the fall of Tripoli from the grasp of the Libyan government, it's not easy to get a clear picture of what things look like under the new...
‘Free Tripoli’, Just Don't Mention the Corpses
by Lizzie Phelan, Pambazuka, Kenya - The war on Libya has not only been a war that has vindicated NATO’s (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) claim to the most powerful military force on earth, capable of imposing its will through sheer...
Libya Revolution: Bosnian Companies Count the Cost
by Senka Kurt, Balkan Insight, Serbia - Bosnian companies based in Libya are facing an uncertain future with discontinued contracts and unpaid claims racking up following six months of violent unrest....
Libya: The Endgame, the Future, the Risks
by Marta Dassù, La Stampa, Italy - The fall of Tripoli marks a victory for NATO and the EU countries that supported the war. But Europe, divided and weakened by the euro crisis, will have to find ways to manage...
The Last Days of Gaddafi
by Yuriko Koike, Project Syndicate, Czech Republic - Unlike leaderless post-Saddam Iraq, rebuilding Libya will be aided by the National Transitional Council's presence....
Libya: Bloggers Between Dictatorship and War
by Fozia Mohamed, Global Voices, The Netherlands - How was the Libyan blogging scene before the February 17 revolution and how has it evolved over the last few months?...
Libya and the Right to Protect
by Khadija Sharife, Pambazuka News, Kenya - The ‘international and continent-wide issue is not so much whether Gaddafi's regime should be removed’, but rather ‘how this should be approached, and why it is being approached at all,’ writes Khadija Sharife....
Tunisia: Migrants Flee to New Traps
by Simba Russeau, IPS, Italy - As African Union and NATO leaders push for a political solution to the Libyan crisis, many of the thousands of refugees and migrants stranded on the Libyan- Tunisian border say their plight continues to...
Libya: War and Rape
by Sue Turton, Al Jazeera, Qatar - Have Muammar Gadaffi's forces used rape as a weapon to suppress Libya's uprising?...
Truth dispatch: Updates from Libya
by Cynthia McKinney, Pambazuka News, Kenya - On the ground in Tripoli and western Libya, Cynthia McKinney reports that the current NATO-led war looks nothing like the mainstream media would have us believe: ‘The situation on the ground in Tripoli...
Libyan Kids Maimed by War Remnants
by Rebecca Fordham, Al Jazeera, Qatar - UNICEF workshops in Libya help to educate about the dangers of "explosive remnants of war" that remain deadly....
Obama's Altruistic Foreign Policy
by Caroline B. Glick, Jerusalem Post, Israel - Due to both sides’ inability to separate civilians from military targets, NATO forces are also killing their share of civilians....
Organised But Overwhelmed in Misurata
by Ruth Sherlock, Al Jazeera, Qatar - Rebels in the Libyan city have set up a council, foodstalls and road blocks, but the number of casualties is rising....
Libya all about Oil, or Central banking?
by Ellen Brown, Asia Times, Hong Kong - With energy, water, and ample credit to develop the infrastructure to access them, a nation can be free of the grip of foreign creditors. And that may be the real threat of...
Contagious IIlusions of Gaddafi's Power
by Soumaya Ghannoushi, Al Jazeera, Qatar - The resilience of the Libyan regime is creating a false sense of security among other Arab despots, analyst argues....
Attacks Draw New Parallels between Libya and Somalia
by Christine Mungai, East African, Kenya - “Are there no human beings in Somalia similar to the ones in Benghazi? Or is it because Somalia does not have oil that is not fully controlled by western companies on account of...
Rape Used 'as a Weapon' in Libya
by Sue Turton, Al Jazeera, Qatar - Doctors in city of Ajdabiya say pro-Gaddafi forces have used rape as a "weapon of war"....
Libya Intervention Threatens the Arab Spring
by Phyllis Bennis, Al Jazeera, Qatar - Despite its official UN-granted legality, the credibility of Western military action in Libya is rapidly dwindling....
Stop Bombing Libya
by Marjorie Cohn, War Is a Crime, USA - Libya has not attacked another country. The United States, France and Britain are not acting in self-defense. Humanitarian concerns do not constitute self-defense....
Guest Post: Gulf Provides Wrong Kind of Support for Bahrain
by Roula Khalaf, Financial Times, UK - The Gulf Co-operation Council has suddenly found a voice. As uprisings have swept several Middle Eastern countries (including some GCC members) the rulers of the Arab Gulf states have been gripped by an...
The Women of Benghazi
By Hoda Abdel Hamid, AlJazeera, Libya - With their husbands, sons and brothers at the frontlines, the women of Benghazi are busy supporting them with meals and supplies, preparing thousands of sandwiches and warm meals daily....
Desert Despots Feeling the Heat
by Marie Colvin and Matthew Campbell, The Australian, Australia - Residents of Benghazi, Libya's rebellious second city, are reported to be in fear of further bloody reprisals for daring to challenge the 42-year-old regime of Muammar Gadaffi. Already at least...
France and Italy Share Strong Ties with Libya's Gadhafi
by Daniela Stahl & Christoph Wöss, Deutsche Welle, Germany - France and Italy have condemned Libya's violent repression of anti-regime protests, but both European nations have a lot at stake when it comes to the oil-rich country....
Libyans Hope Their Revolution Will Also Be Tweeted
by Leela Jacinto, France 24, France - Opposition to Muammar Gaddafi was inconceivable in Libya for four decades. But that was before the Tunisian and Egyptian uprisings embraced the power of the Internet. Now Libyans are hoping their revolution will...
Gadhafi, the Feminist?
by Mona Eltahawy, Globe & Mail, Canada - Let's call him what he is: a brutal dictator....
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