Being the first regional war waged by the West in Africa after the end of the Cold War, the Libyan war reflects the new model of the West interfered Africa's internal affairs and changed the political process in African country by force and direct military involvement, and caused a strong blow to Africa's independent diplomacy and integration process. Although the Libyan war ended with the fall of the Gadhafi regime, it doesn't come up with a new, democratic and freedom Libya automatically. On the contrary, the Post-Gadhafi Libya is facing the challenge of division or even split of the West and the East as well as the South. After and benefited by the Libyan war, the extremist Islam terrorist forces are also grouping and spreading their activities across the Sahara and even caused the military coup indirectly in Mali in March 2012, which becoming a severe challenge to Africa's security and stability.
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