11 Things You Didn’t Know About Libya Under Gaddafi’s ‘Dictatorship’

11. He Kept Africa Relatively Free of Terrorism

Regardless of what the world may have taught you, one thing that can be assured — whether Gaddafi was a vindictive tyrant or a misunderstood hero — the man kept a lid on his corner of the world. In his time at the helm, he kept Musilm extremism to a minimum by brokering peace with the various factions in his neck of the woods. On Gaddafi’s death, Nigerian President Buhari said, “The rise of terrorism in Africa is as a result of the collapse of Muammar Gaddafi’s regime in Libya.”