http://www.intelligencer.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3216550">How Gadhafi retains support
In last week's column, I promised to examine the reasons why some African leaders are reluctant to abandon their embattled colleague Moammar Gadhafieven when it is very evident that he cannot hold unto power any much longer.
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If there is one thing that African leaders abhor, that thing is dissent or opposition.
There are therefore many reasons why these African dictators are reluctant to abandon one of their own. The fear of setting precedence is among the biggest of these reasons.
At the wake of the Arab Spring in North Africa, many of these dictators were caught in fear as they imagined themselves in a similar situation and have since intensified their crackdown on the opposition. 
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