United States of Africa: A dream that shook the West

"One can only salute the dead but history is very ruthless, does not forgive anyone. History is a silent witness that records without speaking. After a couple of generations, the truth starts to unfold. Therefore somewhere down the road, the people would know the real worth of Gaddafi."

"After weighing up the relative costs of desalination or transporting water from Europe, Libyan economists decided that the cheapest option was to construct a network of pipelines to transport water from the desert to the coastal cities, where most Libyans live. In August 1984, Muammar Al Qadhafi laid the foundation stone for the pipe production plant at Brega. The Great Man-Made River Project had begun.Libya had oil money to pay for the project, but it did not have the technical or engineering expertise for such a massive undertaking. Foreign companies from South Korea, Turkey, Germany, Japan, the Philippines and the UK were invited to help."