Current Events

This week, Muammar Gadhafi was finally removed from power after months of protest. The current rebel-government has been identified by many as a legitimate entity, but the African Union still fails to recognize the government. The AU, which was created partly because of the efforts of Gadhafi, so one can see why the AU’s loyalties lie with Gadhafi. Though Gadhafi was not the best of rulers, the African continent approved of him because of his pro-African mindset, putting Africa as his main concern rather than his arab alliances. Though Gadhafi stopped contributing a lot to the AU, Libya’s missing portion could easily have been replaced by other countries like South Africa. In fact, South Africa has ganged up with the AU to shoot down NATO’s aggressive support and airstrikes on Libya. South African officials have gone as far as to call for criminal charges on NATO and have tried to stall the U.S ‘s attempts to unfreeze Libyan assets. It seems obvious that the African community will take a while to accept the new kid on the bloc.