• Owen Schalk

Fifteen years after  NATO’s intervention in Libya, economic collapse and foreign subjugation have fueled renewed support for Gaddafi-era stability.

• M. Lynx Qualey

Libyan writer Ibrahim Al-Koni’s latest novel is a philosophical retelling of the story of Amazigh queen Al-Kahina.

• Ali Amouzai
• Sylvia Kay
• Hamza Hamouchene

COVID-19 exposed and exacerbated inequality and insecurity in North Africa's food systems. But the roots of the current crisis can be found in the legacy of colonialism and new forms of imperialism.

• Julie MacArthur

Muammar Gaddafi occupies a contested space in the histories of postcolonial Africa. What about his Libyan opponents?

• William Shoki

Episode #39 of AIAC Talk is about exile: a new film on a Libyan dissident and a new exhibition on the black experience. Watch it live Tuesday on YouTube.

• Hamza Hamouchene

Any talk about green transition and sustainability must not become a façade for neocolonial schemes of plunder and domination.

• Fiori Berhane

In an agreement between the EU and African countries, refugees held at sea in the Mediterranean cannot claim rights to asylum. They are forever in limbo.

• Enrique Martino

Nigerian Twitter: “If you want to help Libya slaves/immigrants, don't bring them back home. Help them reach their destination in Europe"

• Haythem Guesmi

Nostalgia for Gaddafi reflects a depressing understanding of African politics which rules that a dictator is better than a chaotic political void.

• Haythem Guesmi

Racism and discrimination are central to the social and cultural hierarchy in the Maghreb. Libya is no exception.

• Enrique Martino

Smugglers are in most cases merely the “poor man’s” travel agent; a deregulated, brazen, relatively cheap and lucrative travel agency for refugees and people with no passports.

• André Naffis-Sahely

Alessandro Spina produced one of the greatest indictments against colonialism and jingoism, as well as a tribute to the Mediterranean’s cosmopolitanism.

• Gregory Mann

Would former US Assistant Secretary for Africa, Susan Rice, have been a good choice for Barack Obama's Secretary of State?

• Gregory Mann

Mali’s rebel armies, their shifting alliances and their fans make for quite a spectacle.

• Orlando Reade

Britain's secret service, MI5, passed on sensitive information to their Libyan colleagues to torture dissidents.

• Tom Devriendt

Muammar Gaddafi relied extensively on mercenaries from elsewhere in Africa to secure his rule. It is usually assumed they're black Africans. It turns out a lot of them come from South Africa. And they're white.

• David Styan

Colonel Gaddafi's alleged use of "black mercenaries," has put the question of race in Libya's revolution front and center.