{"id":152198,"date":"2025-09-25T16:14:42","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T23:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=152198"},"modified":"2025-09-25T16:14:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T23:14:42","slug":"the-identity-of-the-african-leader-who-betrayed-gaddafi-and-what-happened-to-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2025\/09\/25\/the-identity-of-the-african-leader-who-betrayed-gaddafi-and-what-happened-to-him\/","title":{"rendered":"The Identity Of The African Leader Who Betrayed Gaddafi And What Happened To Him"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@africaobservers6065\">AFRICA OBSERVERS<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>uammar Gaddafi dreamed of a United States of Africa \u2014 a continent united, self-reliant, and free from Western control. But his dream was shattered, not just by NATO bombs, but by betrayal from within Africa\u2019s own leadership. In this explosive documentary, we uncover the African leader who secretly turned on Gaddafi, how his betrayal shaped the fall of Libya, and what ultimately happened to him. From secret deals with Western powers to the ripple effects still destabilizing the Sahel today, this is the story the world rarely tells \u2014 the story of power, betrayal, and the price of ambition. \ud83d\udd0e In this video, you\u2019ll learn: The secret role one African leader played in Gaddafi\u2019s downfall How Libya\u2019s collapse changed Africa\u2019s security forever What happened to the betrayer after Gaddafi\u2019s death Why Gaddafi\u2019s Pan-African dream still inspires leaders like Ibrahim Traor\u00e9 today If you want to understand modern African geopolitics, you cannot ignore this story. \ud83d\udccc Watch now and share your thoughts in the comments \u2013 was Gaddafi\u2019s betrayal the turning point for Africa?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Identity Of The African Leader Who Betrayed Gaddafi And What Happened To Him\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NlltCYEWKXc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AFRICA OBSERVERS uammar Gaddafi dreamed of a United States of Africa \u2014 a continent united, self-reliant, and free from Western control. But his dream was shattered, not just by NATO bombs, but by betrayal from within Africa\u2019s own leadership. In this explosive documentary, we uncover the African leader who secretly turned on Gaddafi, how his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-152198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152198"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":152199,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152198\/revisions\/152199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}