Obama should heed Africa’s voice

The Arab League’s decision on Saturday to recommend the imposition of a no-fly zone over Libya has given the fig-leaf of respectability needed for the West to approach the United Nations Security Council. Yet the playboy kings, sheikhs and sultans from the bleached Arabian deserts are not the real stakeholders in Libya’s march to democracy. The African Union counts. Read my article on the diplomatic tango in today’s Asia Times…