Algeria And The Gaddafis

The World

Algeria and Libya are neighbors and they share a colonial past. They also share a recent history of unrest. Host Marco Werman talks to Mohammed Larbi Zitoute, an Algerian deputy ambassador to Libya in the early 90s, about why Gaddafi’s family has been given a safe haven there.

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