Libya's Saharan destiny

Libya's self-image and its foreign policy have driven the concept of the country as primarily part of the Arab world. However, since 1997, the Qadhafi regime has increasingly argued that the country is firmly rooted in Africa and that this is its true source of identity, despite the fact that it continues to be a member of the Arab League and inward migration from sub-Saharan Africa causes major domestic and diplomatic difficulties. No attempt has been made to resolve the apparent conflict in identity but, at the same time, Libya has become an ever-greater player in Saharan and Sahelian affairs, as its control of CEN-SAD demonstrates. In fact there is a social and historical reality to this bifurcated identity and it has increasing political significance for the region, as well as for Libya's relations with the wider world

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