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/ 27 October 2011
<b>Ros Coward</b> knew Moussa Ibrahim as a charming PhD student. Imagine her shock when he turned out to be the public face of Gaddafi’s regime.
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/ 22 October 2011
The slain Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi secretly spirited out of Libya and invested overseas more than $200-billion.
President Jacob Zuma and Archbishop Desmond Tutu condemned the killing of Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi, while ANCYL called him an anti-imperialist martyr.
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/ 21 October 2011
Muammar Gaddafi’s death means a long and complex trial that could have divided Libya and embarrassed Western governments and oil firms will be avoided
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi died of his wounds after being captured near the coastal city of Sirte, the last holdout of his supporters.
Libyan government fighters are battling to subdue pockets of resistance by pro-Muammar Gaddafi fighters, who are delaying Libya’s move to democracy.
Libya’s new leadership has pressed a campaign to clear the capital of armed Muammar Gaddafi loyalists after fierce gun battles.
Triumphant fighters marched up and down as dazed and frightened patients in Sirte’s main hospital lay crammed into a ground floor corridor.
Libyan transitional government forces say they have captured the university and a conference centre in Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown of Sirte.
NTC have forces swept into Sirte in one of the biggest assaults yet on Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown but have been stopped by diehard loyalists.
Streams of civilians have fled Sirte in Libya while the Red Cross warns of a medical emergency and battles continue.
Two children have been killed in rocket fire as their family joined the quickening exodus of civilians during a two-day window to flee Sirte, Libya.
Hundreds of fighters for Libya’s new rulers thrust into Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown of Sirte from the east on Sunday, as Nato pounded the coastal city.
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/ 23 September 2011
The new Libya is looking to Europe and not to the continent.
Bickering that has delayed the formation of a new interim government in Libya suggests potentially damaging internal political rifts are widening.
Libya’s victorious rebels are preparing to unveil a new government as they meet resistance from Muammar Gaddafi loyalists in his last strongholds.
A spokesperson for Muammar Gaddafi has accused Nato of killing 354 people in overnight air strikes on the city of Sirte.
Much of Muammar Gaddafi’s inner circle has fled into Niger as NTC rebels continue their assault in Libya.
The deadline for forces loyal to ousted Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi to surrender has expired with fighters of the NTC poised to attack hold-outs.
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/ 9 September 2011
Rebel leader sheds new light on the UK’s collaboration with Libyan intelligence forces.
Libya’s interim council hopes to seize one of Muammar Gaddafi’s last strongholds without resistance as it tries to control the entire country.
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/ 2 September 2011
New details have emerged of the route used by Muammar Gaddafi’s family to escape into neighbouring Algeria, triggering a diplomatic row.
The killings of black men in Libya speak of a society deeply divided for decades by Gaddafi.
Libyan forces closed in on Muammar Gaddafi’s home town, vowing to seize it by force if negotiations fail.
Médecins Sans Frontières has revealed that Tripoli’s Abu Salim Hospital has been shut down because staff and patients can no longer access it.
Libyan rebels are facing a new battle by struggling to provide Tripoli’s residents with water, electricity, petrol and food.
Though there is no sign of Gaddafi, the invasion of his compound is hugely symbolic.
Now that the military battle for Libya is all but over, the challenges are enormous.
The South African government has defended its refusal to back a United Nations proposal to release $1.5-billion of Libyan assets.
Libya’s rebels are offering a bounty for Muammar Gaddafi, after a former ally said he was probably heading for the border — in women’s clothing.
Muammar Gaddafi has urged Libyans to take up arms and crush an uprising in Tripoli as rebel troops closed on the capital for a final onslaught.
Libya’s rebel leader sacked the executive office of his de-facto government on Monday in a move to end a crisis after the death of a rebel general.