South African President Jacob Zuma visited the West African nation of Benin on Sunday, a day after criticising Nato’s bombing campaign in Libya.
President Jacob Zuma has said at an AU panel that Nato’s campaign in Libya left a scar on the continent that will take a long time to heal.
Mexico says Muammar Gaddafi’s son al-Saadi Gaddafi plotted to sneak into the country under false names and take refuge at a "highfalutin" resort.
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/ 5 December 2011
Libya’s new defence minister Osama al-Juwali says one of his top priorities is to rebuild the country’s military to unify the various factions.
Officials say Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam is just a "helpless criminal" in the Libyan town of Zintan where he can stay until his trial.
Libya’s NTC has named a new government with a line-up that dropped several seasoned officials in favour of appointees who will soothe rivalries.
Libya has decided not to hand over Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam to the International Criminal Court, leaving him to be tried in Libya.
Libya’s National Transitional Council has appointed the commander whose forces captured Muammar Gaddafi’s son at the weekend as new defence minister.
Abdullah al-Senussi and Saif al-Islam Gaddafi’s capture poses a challenge for the NTC who must deal with cries for blood and appeals for a fair trial.
Libyan militiamen are holding Seif al-Islam in their mountain stronghold following his capture, a month after his father Muammar Gaddafi was killed.
The National Transitional Council says ousted Libya leader Muammar Gaddafi’s fugitive son Saif al-Islam has been arrested in the south of the country.
Former rebel fighters in Libya are raising the stakes by demanding a role in the interim government being formed.
Libya’s war-time rebel prime minister says his country faces a dangerous power vacuum where foreign powers may exploit rival militias on the streets.
Libya’s interim leader says the country won’t turn into an extremist Islamic country, adding a new government of experts will be completed next week.
One of Gaddafi’s sons has been granted asylum in Niger for humanitarian reasons, the country’s President Mahamadou Issoufou has said.
South Africa and France have called a truce over their differing views of the Libya problem, and have displayed a united front regarding Syria.
Chemical weapons inspectors will examine two new sites in Libya containing possible chemical weapons stockpiles the former regime tried to hide.
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/ 6 November 2011
Muslims have marked Eid al-Adha, which ends the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, overshadowed by the Arab Spring and attacks in Africa and Central Asia.
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/ 6 November 2011
In the Libyan town of Sirte, the hometown where Muammar Gaddafi met his end, the mood was grim on the eve of one of Islam’s greatest festivals.
Former president Thabo Mbeki says recent events in Libya should raise alarm bells about the threat to Africa’s hard won right to self-determination.
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/ 4 November 2011
Libya’s stockpile of chemicals used to make weapons are intact and were not stolen during the uprising, according to weapons inspectors.
Britain’s new defence secretary, Philip Hammon, announced that British companies should head to Libya to snap up lucrative reconstruction contracts.
Libya’s new prime minister has pledged that human rights would be set as its priority, as the United Nations warned against the proliferation of arms.
Libya’s NTC has elected a technocrat to head its transitional government as Nato ended the air campaign that played a major role in ousting Gaddafi.
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/ 31 October 2011
Nato will end its military operation in Libya at midnight on Monday, seven months after launching a campaign that helped overthrow the government.
The wife of Anton Hammerl has pleaded with Libya to help find the photojournalist’s body, still missing since his death there seven months ago.
The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court said he has evidence that Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, now on the run, had helped hire mercenaries.
The International Criminal Court said on Saturday Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was in contact through intermediaries about surrendering for trial.
The belated finale for Muammar Gaddafi began on a marble slab in a car park and ended with a lonely burial in the desert.
Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam is considering either surrendering to the ICC or seeking refuge with one of his father’s allies, possibly Robert Mugabe.
Nato has officially declared the end of its seven-month mission to Libya as the ICC seeks to bring in Muammar Gaddafi’s fugitive son Saif al-Islam.
Inspectors must visit hundreds of suspected weapons stockpiles in Libya amid growing fears that huge numbers of missiles have been looted.