Friday, March 4, 2011

"Anxious wait for African states relying on Libyan investments"

I'm quoted in a story in Irish Times. Here's the quote:
Twenty-nine countries are now members of the Libya-based Community of Sahel-Saharan States, but most of them see it as a way to tap into Libya’s oil wealth, according to David Shinn, a former US ambassador to Burkina Faso and Ethiopia, “rather than a precursor for a united states of Africa”.