Is the African Union still backing Gaddafi?
We ask whether the AU’s decision not to support the NTC reflects Gaddafi’s lingering influence over the organisation.
After more than eight hours of deliberations, the African Union (AU) has decided not to throw its support behind the Libyan rebel administration. It is a decision that some see as proof of Muammar Gaddafi’s lingering influence over the organisation he headed as recently as two years ago.
But just how significant is AU recognition – or the lack of it – for the National Transitional Council (NTC)? And why is the AU so reluctant to recognise the NTC? How will a post-Gaddafi Libya impact Africa?
Inside Story discusses with guests: Miguna Miguna, a former advisor to Raila Odinga, the Kenyan prime minister; David Anderson, a professor of African Politics at the University of Oxford; and Guma El Gamaty, the UK representative of the NTC.