Libya’s neighbors fight to avert slide ‚into hell‘

24.01.2012                      29.Tewet. 5772                       Jom Kippur Katan

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Libya's neighbors fight to avert slide 'into hell'

Analysis: Desert areas destabilized by Libyan war risk becoming safe havens for al-Qaida and international criminals.

Regional rivalries and doubts about Western intervention are hampering efforts by Africa's fragile Sahara-Sahel zone to prevent remote desert areas destabilized by Libya's war from becoming safe havens for al-Qaida and international criminals.
Some of the world's poorest countries such as Mali, Niger and Mauritania are scrambling to secure international expertise to shore up crumbling state authority in the face of an influx of weapons and fighters from Libya's conflict….