On "African Solutions to Africa's Problems"
On "African Solutions to Africa's Problems" Some pundits have, while rejecting imperialist intervention, opined that regional organizations like AU should be empowered to "peacefully" resolve what they term 'political crisis' in Libya - another way of providing safe landing for Qaddafi or smothering the revolution. It is suggested that the AU will act fairly in the interests of Africa as against the western interventions, which are coloured with ulterior motives. They opined that AU and African leaders would act independently. All this argument is not only incorrect but also outlandish in every sense. In the first instance, an attempt to refer to the revolutionary wave in Libya as mere political crisis is slapping the truth in the face. Indeed the revolt, even if led to imperialist intervention and derailment, as we have analyzed severally, was initiated by mass revolt of workers, youth and poor people, reflects failure of the pro-capitalist economic o...
