In the heart of the Sahara Desert and amidst of some of the world’s biggest uranium reserves, terrorists, smugglers and bandits threaten to seize control of northern parts of Mali and Niger.
Gadhafi's Legacy to Africa
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Published September 22, 2011
The collapse of the Gadhafi regime delights many Libyans but holds the risk of ongoing instability for much of the rest of the region.
The mercenaries he recruited in Africa over the years are deserting him and heading home, armed and without many prospects.
Journalist Peter Gwin is a staff writer with National Geographic and recently spent time with one of them, a member of the Tuareg tribe from Mali, who revealed Gadhafi's bloody agenda for ethnic cleansing. Gwin joined CBC Radio from Washington.
Listen to Gwin's interview with CBC Radio.
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Pulitzer Center grantee Peter Gwin awarded the Lowell Thomas Award for travel journalism for his article "The Telltale Scribes of Timbuktu".
Peter Gwin told PRI's The World that Tuaregs aren’t helping Muammar Qaddafi hide; only a few fought for the dictator against Libyan rebels, yet the fall of Qaddafi is forcing them to flee.
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Peter Gwin has been a staff writer at National Geographic since 2003. He has reported on modern pirates in Southeast Asia, a Stone Age graveyard in the Sahara, early tyrannosaurs in Western...
