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1.	The long shadow of Algeria on the Arab Autumn
	Author: David Porter	Date Written: 10 November 2011
	Primary Category: North Africa Region	Document Origin: Pambazuka News, Issue 557
	Secondary Category: Human Rights	Source URL: http://www.pambazuka.org/en
	Key Words: Algeria, arab autumn, peace, security, Egypt, Tunisia
	Summary & Comment: "The political situation in North Africa remains complex even after the events of the Arab Spring. David Porter attempts to draw lessons for the region from Algeria’s experience two decades ago." MEM
2.	Libya: Smuggling war as human rights?
	Author: Khadija Sharife	Date Written: 10 November 2011
	Primary Category: North Africa Region	Document Origin: Pambazuka News, Issue 557
	Secondary Category: Human Rights	Source URL: http://www.pambazuka.org
	Key Words: Libya, Gaddafi, peace, war, security
	Summary & Comment: "’Was Gaddafi the most threatening figure on the African continent? Or was he convenient as a pretext to push through military missions vying to establish bases in Africa,’ asks Khadija Sharife." HSEN
3.	Libya’s Liberation Front organising in the Sahel
	Author: Franklin Lamb	Date Written: 9 November 2011
	Primary Category: North Africa Region	Document Origin: Pambazuka News, Issue 557
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://www.pambazuka.org/en
	Key Words: Libya, LLF, resistance
	Summary & Comment: "Following the fall of Tripoli and the rise of the National Transitional Council, a rejuvenated national resistance has begun on Libya’s borders, writes Franklin Lamb." MEM
4.	Libya: Explosive devices continue to kill and maim civilians
	Author: Operational Update	Date Written: 4 November 2011
	Primary Category: North Africa Region	Document Origin: International Committee of the Red Cross
	Secondary Category: Human Rights	Source URL: http://www.icrc.org
	Key Words: Libya, human rights, munitions, detainees, ICRC
	Summary & Comment: In Sirte and Bani Walid, explosive remnants of war pose a serious threat to civilians, who are being warned of the dangers. The ICRC’s other immediate priorities are to ensure that mortal remains are identified and to obtain access to recently arrested people. NATO has completely devastated this country. JMPA
5.	Libya: Global war crimes court seeks Gaddafi son’s surrender
	Author: ANP/AFP	Date Written: 3 November 2011
	Primary Category: North Africa Region	Document Origin: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
	Secondary Category: Economic Justice	Source URL: http://allafrica.com/
	Key Words: Libya, Gaddafi, ICC, Seif, Abdullah al-Senussi
	Summary & Comment: "The international war crimes court is still negotiating surrender terms with Moamer Kadhafi’s son, Seif al-Islam, the court’s prosecutor said." HSEN
6.	Libya: The execution of Gaddafi and the attempted humiliation of Africa
	Author: Horace Campbell	Date Written: 2 November 2011
	Primary Category: North Africa Region	Document Origin: Pambazuka News
	Secondary Category: Human Rights	Source URL: http://www.pambazuka.org
	Key Words: Libya, economic justice, AU, NTC
	Summary & Comment: "Horace Campbell reconstructs ‘the decision at the highest levels’ to execute Libya’s Colonel Gaddafi and considers ‘the urgency for organising to oppose the remilitarisation of Africa.’" JMPA
7.	The top ten myths in the war against Libya
	Author: Maximilian C. Forte	Date Written: 1 November 2011
	Primary Category: North Africa Region	Document Origin: Pambazuka News
	Secondary Category: Economic Justice	Source URL: http://www.pambazuka.org
	Key Words: Libya, Colonel Gaddafi, regime change
	Summary & Comment: "With Muammar Gaddafi buried in a secret desert grave this week, Maximilian C. Forte, in this article written earlier this year, outlines the ten myths that served to justify the NATO-led war on Libya and advance the cause of ’war corporatists, transnational firms, and neoliberals’." MEM