UPDATED: Africa in the 2011 Libyan conflict: the inside story

Does contemporary “[Intervention] is a high and summary procedure which may sometimes snatch a remedy beyond the reach of law. Nevertheless, it must be admitted that in the case of Intervention, as in that of Revolution, its essence is illegality and its justification is its success.’ – Sir William Harcourt, 1862. From: African roles in the Libyan conflict of 2011. western activism speak truth to power — or half-truths on behalf of the powerful? These questions were the subject of a recent seminar on Advocacy in Conflict hosted by the World Peace Foundation (WP) at Tufts University.