Abdel Rahman Shalgham
Former Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs

Gaza’s Volcano… The Lava Flows

Months of death, hunger, and destruction. Every person on Earth has experienced it. The corpses, screams, terror, destruction, disease, and hunger have shaken humanity's hearts, lived in their eyes, and stirred anger across the globe. Israel is waging a war against humanity in Gaza. It is not a…

Italy’s Prime Minister, Between Africa’s Desert and Its Jungles

On Monday, 29-1-2024, an African-Italian summit was held in Italy’s capital. Its primary objective was to launch a new phase of cooperation between the two sides, especially on energy issues. The summit was attended by 26 African presidents, several African ministers, European politicians, and…

Libya: The Year of the Double Earthquake

1969 was a year of great upheaval in Libya. The monarchy was falling apart. The key state institution scattered between Tripoli, Benghazi, Al Bayda, and Tobruk, as well as Libya’s King, Idris Al Senussi, had become indifferent. Senussi had grown weary of ruling the country and began spending much…

Wheat And Bombs

Entire continents are being reshaped and redrawn, with the groans of their peoples’ pains and their trembling with fear. Shifting global conflicts are being fought in several regions across the globe. Arsenals have diversified and involved a wide variety of belligerents and political leaders, as…

Will Algeria Manage to Put Out the Fire in Niger?

Last week, Algeria presented a political initiative to resolve the crisis in Niger, after the political, and even military dust of this crisis spread to the rest of West Africa. Algerian Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf visited Ghana, Nigeria, and Benin, before holding a press conference to announce…

Africa… the Absence of National Projects Leads to Coups

The crisis in Niger is shaking all of West Africa, and its repercussions are being felt across the continent. After the Berlin Conference of 1884 - in which 13 European states met, with the United States and the Ottoman Empire also in attendance, to divide Africa’s territory (ten times the size of…