North Africa unrest: winners and losers
As the chorus of condemnation mounts on the increasingly isolated Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, Africa Have Your Say looks at the African response to the crisis in North Africa following popular protests towards regime change.
Botswana has become the first country on the continent to cut diplomatic ties with the Libyan regime and Nigeria has condemned the violence there.
But has the African response been adequate? What would you like your government response to be?
Libya's close ties with many businesses and leaders on the continent raises the prospect of a damaging fallout if Colonel Gaddafi is hounded out of power.
How much will the leadership changes in Tunisia, Egypt and the instability in Libya redefine North Africa -sub-saharan African relations? And who are the winners and losers?
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Comment number 1.
At 02:00 24th Feb 2011, Zack Lwanga wrote:It beats my understanding just how many more people have to be slaughtered for the rest of Africa (and the world) to decisively intervene in these crises. The inaction of other African states to reign in the callous actions of murderous regimes in North African states like Libya serves to further widen the gap that has implicitly existed between these states and the rest of Africa. Who the winners will be is a difficult question to answer but the losers will be the innocent citizens who have to mourn and bury their dead, betrayed by their governments and betrayed by the rest of Africa who looked on as a genocide went on in their backyard. A sad story indeed.
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At 16:29 24th Feb 2011, Kenn wrote:Honestly there is nothing to loose,if gaddafi is not a cruel man,why are the Libyians calling for him to step out,this man been in power for four decades and now that the people need change he insist to remain in power.An adage said Death that will kill dog dose not allow him to smell fusses,qaddafi cup is full no doubt about it,people want democracy and no more demo-crazy and i know soonest the final whistle will blow,If he has sense,he should emulate his egyptian counterpart and leave quietly.For sure,he is the BIG loser and must continue to loose till he loose his life.in his staement,he shows he is a real dictator,no sense and feeling of humanity,1000 {s} have died yet he never wana listen.
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At 22:52 26th Feb 2011, Alayo-man wrote:The tide is turning against all the evil doers called African leaders. The eventual winners will be African men, women and children trampled upon for so long by men elected to be their leaders.
Fellow African keep the heat on there is always light at the end of the tunnel.
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At 17:38 27th Feb 2011, judeukpebor wrote:The Revolution we are currently experiencing today in North Africa and in Arab world as a whole, is a sign that neo-colonialism is gradually collapsing. Just immagine, what we have been suffering in the hands of those that call themselves leaders since independence.It's time that the western world see the reasons why immigration to their country would never end. They colonised us with as if we were slaves.We had no voice or say to anything. If we did our reward was imprisonement or death. The same thing our leaders keep on doing to us.Imagine what is happening in Lybia, a leader deciding to destroy his own people because they cry for change. Is this difference from what happened to algerians during their fight with France for independence in the 60s? Neo-colonialism must fall, and we must be free. free to speak, free to choose, free to have the right education and health care. free to decide and free to be free !!!
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