PEACE AND JUSTICE IN NORTH AFRICA: THE CASE OF LIBYA

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The African continent is commonly referred to many negative concepts such as war, turmoil, conflict and poverty. The dominant cause of these mentioned concepts is colonialism. When it comes to the colonialism the European states come to mind firstly. These states started the colonial activities in Africa continent. The main purpose of colonialism was to seize fundamental raw material resources and operate them. In fact, having the rich and essential raw material resources in African continent has led the colonial European states to land in the continent. Colonial activities peaked the continent in the 19th century have transformed Africa into an unrecognizable condition. Particularly, the consequence of Berlin African Conference which was held in 1884-85 has deeply affected the fate of Africa. The results of this conference have led to the misrepresentation of Africa in terms of war, conflict, poverty and chaos. Thus, at the beginning of the decolonization process in Africa, African people have heroically fought to gain their independence from the colonialist countries. This struggle has brought honor and glory to African people. The African people have united themselves for their homeland, defending their rights and looking for ways to live together in peace. On the other hand, they have always struggled to ensure justice. In this context, the study deals with the Libya state in the northern part of Africa and also will be discussed how the people of Libya fought for the establishment of peace and justice in Libya.