Gaddafi met an ignominious, ghastly death at the hands of his own people, but SA farmer Charl Senekal has only fond memories of the slain ex-dictator.
Muammar Gaddafi has been buried in a secret desert grave, ending a wrangle over his body that threatened to derail post-liberation plans.
Libya’s interim rulers have declared the country liberated after an eight-month civil war, launching it into a two-year transition to democracy.
A will apparently written by Muammar Gaddafi expresses the wish that he be buried in Sirte, the town of his birth, next to "my family and relatives".
Nineteen South Africans were reportedly hired to help former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi escape to Niger and two of them died in the process.
Libya’s new leaders will declare liberation on Sunday in a move that will start the clock for elections after months of bloodshed.
As Muammar Gaddafi lay unburied, Libya’s outgoing premier said the coming days posed a crucial test of resolve for the new men of power.
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/ 22 October 2011
Libyans queue to see the dictator’s body as wounds appear to confirm he was killed in cold blood.
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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.
Following Gaddafi’s death, SA has urged Libya to seek "all inclusive" peace in the country, which its prime minister says is now ready to be reborn.
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/ 21 October 2011
For Libya’s new leaders, the next test is meeting the expectations of the people.
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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
Hours after deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was killed in Sirte, Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril vowed to "start a new Libya".
Deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has been killed during an NTC raid on his hometown of Sirte, sparking wild celebrations across the country.
Libyan forces say they had captured the last positions held by Muammar Gaddafi’s loyalists in the deposed leader’
Libya’s acting prime minister Mahmoud Jibril says Muammar Gaddafi is recruiting fighters from other African countries for another possible insurgency.
Libyan forces have bulldozed the green walls surrounding Gaddafi’s main Tripoli compound, saying it was time "to tear down this symbol of tyranny".
Libyan government fighters are battling to subdue pockets of resistance by pro-Muammar Gaddafi fighters, who are delaying Libya’s move to democracy.
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/ 16 October 2011
The armed men wearing the colours of Libya’s new government are everywhere as they train guns on Tripoli’s most pro-Gaddafi neighbourhood.
Celebratory bursts of gunfire and fireworks have lit up the skies over Tripoli as word spreads that Muammar Gaddafi’s son Mo’tassim has been captured.
Fighters loyal to Libya’s interim government are battling for full control of Muammar Gaddafi’s birthplace where diehards are holed up.
Revolutionary fighters have assaulted a convention centre in the middle of Sirte that forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi turned into their main base.
With Muammar Gaddafi still at large, the NTC is set to declare that Libya’s "full liberation" is complete and appoint a new transitional government.
Human Rights Watch has called on Libya’s new rulers to stop armed groups from rounding up suspected Muammar Gaddafi supporters and abusing them.
Nato commanders face a tough balancing act during the bloody battle for Muammar Gaddafi’s last strongholds, Sirte and Bani Walid.
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/ 30 September 2011
Civilians are fleeing Libya’s Sirte where the battle to dislodge fighters loyal to ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi has caused heavy casualties.
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/ 27 September 2011
Heavily armed anti-Gaddafi fighters tightened their siege of the ousted Libyan leader’s hometown of Sirte on Monday.
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/ 26 September 2011
Libyan officials announced on Sunday that they found a mass grave believed to hold the remains of 1 200 prisoners.
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/ 25 September 2011
Libya’s new rulers have unearthed a mass grave of 1 700 prisoners slain by Muammar Gaddafi’s regime in a 1996 uprising.
For African migrant workers in shelters on the outskirts of Tripoli, Libya’s revolution has brought not hope and freedom but fear and hunger.
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/ 25 September 2011
With Nato jets roaring overhead, Libya’s revolutionary forces have been fighting their way into Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown.
Libyan interim government forces swarmed into Muammar Gaddafi’s home town of Sirte on Saturday but encountered heavy sniper fire.