HOW U.S. BLOCKED GADDAFI’S $1 BN FOR BLACK PEOPLE

In 1996, the US State Department rejected an application from Louis Farrakhan, the head of the Nation of Islam, to accept a $1-billion donation from sanctioned revolutionary Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. The Clinton administration claimed that Gaddafi was a dangerous figure - alleging that he supported terrorism. Libya, a once-thriving African nation, posed such a threat to the West that US and Western media launched a smear campaign against Gaddafi. This campaign culminated in the NATO-led bombardment of 2011, which resulted in the overthrow and death of Gaddafi, and turned Libya into a war zone. African Stream’s Wambura Mwai breaks it down.