As always, only the international community has stepped up to the plate on the Libyan crisis. Where is Africa?
We are not likely to hear much from this continent because our leaders love to treat their matters as a "family affair"!
Look around the region and see for yourself. Now is the time to stand up and be counted. Africa must move to give all sides the space for a peaceful and violence-free outcome. And the Libyan authorities have the primary responsibility to protect and listen to their own citizens. A civil war must be out of the question.
If I were African leaders, I will send a high-powered delegation to Tripoli TODAY! Its task is to STOP the blood-letting, and broker dialogue. It will bring back critical inputs (including facts and figures) for an urgent AU Resolution/Intervention in partnership with the UN and International Community.
Africa must rise and take a stand in this stand-off on its own soil. We must do so TODAY!
