Category: Libya

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  The Conviction of Hissène Habré

  May 30, 2016

  Chad, Libya, Senegal

    Today, the Extraordinary African Chambers in Senegal convicted former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré, who ruled from 1982 to 1990, of crimes against humanity. Habré is accused of 40,000 politically-motivated killings and the torture of approximately 200,000 people before he was overthrown by the current…president Idriss Déby, who was his former chief military advisor. Earlier this month, Human Rights Watch Read.

• Catching up on CAR, trying to avoid clichés

  January 27, 2014

  Central African Republic, Chad, France, Libya, South Africa

  If you’ve been following the news on the Central African Republic (CAR) over the past 13 months, you have probably seen many references to the country’s abundant mineral wealth, chronic instability, crushing poverty, sectarian (Christian vs. Muslim) strife, and allegations of genocide. Some of the recent analysis and media reporting goes beyond these clichés, so I thought I’d Read.

• Security Challenges in Libya and the Sahel (CNA Workshop Report)

  December 19, 2012

  AQIM, Arab Spring, Libya, Mali, MNLA, North Africa, Terrorism, Tuareg

  Over the past two years, the world has witnessed a redrawing of the geopolitical map of the Middle East and North Africa. The responsibility for regional security and stability – which Western governments once relied on the area’s authoritarian regimes to ensure – now falls to the transitional or newly elected governments that replaced the Read.

• Three Takeaways from Last Week’s Coup in Mali

  March 27, 2012

  Libya, Mali, MNLA, Tuareg

  Last week in Mali, mid-level military officers led by Captain Amadou Haya Sanogo declared themselves the National Committee for the Restoration of Democracy and State (CNRDR) and deposed democratically-elected president Amadou Toumani Touré in a bloodless coup. Known as the “soldier of democracy” Touré had himself launched a coup in 1991 against the military regime Read.

• Experts Talk About a Post-Qadhafi Libya

  October 21, 2011

  Libya

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtMW_qZvZ8c Will the death of deposed Libyan leader Muammar al-Qadhafi leave cracks in the fragile foundation of the National Transition Council? CNA research analysts Patricio Asfura-Heim and Lesley Anne Warner discuss a Libya without a dictator and what it means for the future. Produced by Randy Garsee. Read.