Libyan leader Gaddafi ordered his forces to crush an uprising that has rocked his 41-year rule, warning armed protesters they will be executed and vowing to fight to the end.
In a defiant and rambling television speech, Gaddafi vowed to remain in Libya as leader, saying he would die as a martyr in the land of his ancestors and fight to the "last drop" of his blood.
Our cartoonist this week, Damien Glez thinks of oil instead of blood...
Who is Damien Glez?
The Franco-Burkinabese Damien Glez was born in 1967.
In 1991, the state of emergency ends in Burkina Faso. With the "springtime" for the country's press, Glez began his career as a cartoonist for the satirical weekly “Le Journal du Jeudi”, where he is now the delegated director of publication.
In 2001, in association with other cartoonists, he created the monthly Pan-African satirical "Le Marabout”. He also draws for publications on three continents. Cartoonist-columnist, writer and lecturer at the University of Ouagadougou, he is also the author of the comic strip "Divine comedy".
Glez's cartoons are regularly published in Le Journal du Jeudi (Burkina Faso), Vita Non Profit Magazine (Italy), Afronline (Italy), Chorus (France), World Policy Journal (US), Continental (France-Africa), La Mèche (France), Courrier international (France-Africa), Jeune Afrique (France-Africa)…
Damien Glez is a member of the Foundation «Cartooning for peace»
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