THE LIBIAN CONFLICT AND ITS DESTABILISING IMPACT ON NORTH AFRICA
THE LIBIAN CONFLICT AND ITS DESTABILISING IMPACT ON NORTH AFRICA

Summary/Abstract: Since last year, North Africa has become a world’s hot spot, following the Libyan Civil War, which erupted after the violent death of dictator Muammar Gaddafi and the Libyan Liberation Army’s (LNA) starting of the offensive to conquer Tripoli.Last but not least, the international terrorism, represented by Al Qaeda and the Islamic State, has transformed into another hot spot on the world map. These terrorists have found „Safe Havens” in North Africa and the Sahel region, coming into contact with local extremist groups and organised crime, in order to take control of illegal arms, drug and human trafficking.The presence of the International Community in the region is quite numerous, both military and diplomatic-economic. But its actions, as well as the presence of regional powers with different interests in certain parts of Africa, are uncorrelated and ineffective, even leading to the exacerbation of the conflict and its transformation into a proxy war.

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