Western powers and Libya’s neighbours fear that the power vacuum could allow unsecured weapons to end up in the hands of Islamist militants.
Forces of Libya’s interim council are poised for an assault on Bani Walid after negotiators failed to persuade Gaddafi loyalists to surrender.
Libya’s NTC has formed a supreme security council tasked with protecting Tripoli, as shops and businesses reopened after weeks of tumult.
Libya’s new leadership says it is committed to democracy, while it prioritises areas for spending the billions released from Gaddafi’s frozen assets.
The South African government’s double standards on human rights issues are not going unmarked, says <b>Greg Mills</b>.
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/ 2 September 2011
There’s something insane about people who claim the Libyan revolution was foisted on Africa by the West, writes <b>Chris Roper</b>.
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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.
At a meeting of world leaders boycotted by SA, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called for Libya’s rebels to be given the country’s UN seat.
President Zuma is boycotting a meeting of world leaders being held in Paris to discuss Libya’s future, but Norway says it will convey SA’s stance.
While on a two-day visit to discuss climate change and Libya, President Jacob Zuma has paid tribute to the 77 people killed in a massacre in Norway.
Beach villas are testimony to the fact that the Gaddafis not only ruled Libya, they owned it, and treated its wealth as their personal patrimony.
Zimbabwe has expelled Libya’s ambassador after he recognised the rebel National Transitional Council fighting Muammar Gaddafi’s regime.
Libya’s rebels accused neighbouring Algeria of an act of aggression for admitting the fleeing wife of Muammar Gaddafi and three of his children.
Libyan forces have converged on Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown of Sirte hoping to seal their revolution by seizing the last bastions of the strongman.
Libyan rebel forces were converging on Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown of Sirte on Monday, hoping to deliver the coup de grace of their revolution.
Angela Merkel faces the biggest challenge to her leadership with traditionally loyal allies openly criticising her approach to the euro zone crisis.
Libyan forces closed in on Muammar Gaddafi’s home town, vowing to seize it by force if negotiations fail.
Fighters pushed increasingly leaderless regime gunmen to the outskirts of Tripoli on Saturday, as shortages of fuel and water paralysed the city.
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.
With Tripoli’s hospitals now in rebel hands, Muammar Gaddafi’s wounded loyalists admit the truth at last.
President Zuma says the AU will not recognise Libya’s National Transitional Council while there is still fighting in the country.
Though there is no sign of Gaddafi, the invasion of his compound is hugely symbolic.
The UN has released $1.5-billion of seized Libyan assets to be used for emergency aid after the United States and South Africa ended a dispute.
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.
Low on medical staff and much-needed supplies in Libya, Médecins Sans Frontières is appealing to SA to send more doctors to the war-torn country.
As Libya’s new masters meet their Western backers in Turkey on Thursday to secure funds, SA said it had repeatedly asked Nato to stop bombing.
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.
Despite his absurd, buffoonish persona, Muammar Gaddafi clung to power in Libya for four brutal decades.
More than 30 countries have recognised Libya’s rebel council, but SA has so far refused to accept its legitimacy, and criticised Nigeria for doing so.