Libya Remains A Battleground

Libya remains a battleground eight years after the civil war. Nation building and neocolonialism remain Africa's biggest security threats directed by the EU and US. The Al Jazeera report attempts to present an optimistic outlook about Libya's future, stating that they are better off without Qaddafi. This popular fiction distorts the facts that under Muammar Qaddafi Libya has economic stability, functioning social services, and was embarking on projects of Pan-African unity. The Libya invention also cost Hillary Clinton the 2016 presidential election in relation to the e-mail scandal and the death of Christopher Stevens. The support for rebel factions in Libya was the nadir of the Obama administration and still has devastating consequences. Libya is not free, rather it is under domination of militias, terrorist organizations, and foreign powers. The government based in Tripoli is supported by the United Nations, while the Benghazi based capital is supported by Egypt, France, Russia, and the United Arab Emirates. Khalifa Hafner has become more willing to escalate conflict with other warlords to obtain power in Libya. Tribalism and racism has become more pronounced after the fall of  the Qaddafi government. There are Amazigh  who are demanding greater autonomy who did face a level of discrimination under  Qaddafi. It seems clear that Libya will not be stable anytime soon.