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Abstract

The overthrow of dictatorial regimes in Tunisia and Egypt by revolutionary demonstrations during the Arab Spring in 2011 inspired Libyans to depose the Gaddafi regime. The heavy handedness of Gaddafi attracted the intervention of the West and the United States under the emblem of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973. The article argues that instead of effecting regime change, the demonstrations whose epicentre was Benghazi culminated in a deeply contested civil war. This was caused partly by the United States of America and its allies’ active involvement at the expense of the African Union and its member states.

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Post-Gaddafi Libya civil war national transitional council African Union sustainable peace radical groups resolution 1973 terrorism African solutions commitment

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Post-Gaddafi Libya and the African Union: Challenges and the Road to Sustainable Peace

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