Browsing: Libya

In September 2002, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a bold case to Congress for the US war on Iraq, claiming that Israel’s enemy, Iraq, had…

As Libya today celebrates 73 years since its independence from Italy, it is important to remember how this once uniquely thriving African country ended up in…

Libya gained independence from Italy on December 24, 1951, becoming the first country to do so through the United Nations. Yet many analysts argue that it…

After holding out for 13 years, Syria’s Bashar al Assad’s government fell to al-Qaeda-linked Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, with the capture of Damascus and subsequent exile of…

Pan-Africanist organiser Malcolm X (1925-65) warned of the dangers of Africans in the US getting sucked into the country’s political duopoly, bouncing between Democrats and Republicans.…

Thousands of African migrants cross into Libya every year in the hope of crossing over to Europe. Since the assassination of Gaddafi in October 2011 by…

Last month, Libyans poured out into the streets all across the country to celebrate and commemorate their 1969 revolution – led by Muammar Gaddafi. Today, 20…

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was assassinated by NATO-backed rebels on this day in 2011. Here’s a look at how his removal changed the country from an…

On this day in 2011, revolutionary Libyan leader and pan-Africanist Muammar Gaddafi was captured and executed by NATO-backed rebels. Not long after, The Atlantic published an…

Headlines like this reveal that the Western mainstream media is colonial in its nature and dehumanises non-White people without a second thought. The pager attack on…