Oil pipeline is good but no reason to turn blind eye to writer’s woes
In recent weeks, these pages and media around the world have been full of stories on the arrest and horrid torture of Ugandan author Kakwenza Rukirabashaija. PHOTO | COURTESY
Tuesday, February 15, is the 11th anniversary of a significant African event that will hardly be marked on the continent. On February 15, 2011, what later came to be known as the Libyan Civil War began as a series of protests and later evolved into a widespread uprising against strongman Muammar Gaddafi’s 42-year rule.
Various forces, including North Atlantic Treaty Organisation powers, got involved on the side of the armed protesters and, on October 20, 2011, Gaddafi met a grim end. In flight, he was cornered hiding in a drainage pipe full of rubbish, and lynched.
