He flew to Tripoli on October 7th and brought 250 Ghanaian workers home the next day. Libyans will be hoping that they have not just ousted the migrants, but have also ousted Colonel Qaddafi's hated pan-Africa policy. Only last month, in front of 11 African leaders, he was preaching open borders and a single currency. The United States of Africa was due to be declared in his home-town of Sirte next March. It is now hard to see African heads of state rushing back to Libya.
Observers detect yet another U-turn in the offing.
As his Africa policy unravels, Colonel Qaddafi is back befriending the Arabs, with visits this week to Jordan, Syria and even his old foe, Saudi Arabia. In their rampage on migrant workers, the Libyan mob spared Arabs, including the 750,000 Egyptians. Now that the UN's sanctions have gone, the African states who dared break the air boycott have served their purpose.