The death of three journalists during Nato air strikes in Libya has been pinned on al-Qaeda instigation.
Questions around Libyan rebel divisions are swirling following the killing of their own military chief.
Nato’s hawks have done a crucial about-turn on Gaddafi’s future and Ramadan provides the perfect opportunity to press for a settlement.
Libya’s rebels say their military chief was shot dead in an incident that remains shrouded in mystery and may point to divisions within the movement.
Libya’s rebel council has nominated 74-year-old writer Mahmud Nacua as its ambassador to London, after the UK expelled Gaddafi’s envoys.
Rebels fighting in Libya’s western mountains prepared on Thursday for a new offensive against Muammar Gaddafi’s troops.
A deadline for Muammar Gaddafi to step down and stay in the Libya has expired, the rebel council says, as rows raged over how to end the conflict.
It has become evident that no country wanted the responsibility of hosting Muammar Gaddafi — even so-called "pariah" regimes in Sudan and Zimbabwe.
Explosions rocked Tripoli on Sunday and Britain said weeks of Nato bombardment had inflicted extensive damage on Muammar Gaddafi’s compound.
Libyan representatives are ready to hold more talks with the United States and with rebels hoping to push Muammar Gaddafi from power.
Government forces in trucks disguised with rebel flags shelled opposition positions near the strategic eastern oil town of Brega.
Muammar Gaddafi had already ruled Libya for 15 years in June 1984 and he had a fearsome reputation for brutality towards his enemies.
Mohammed Bielshak (12) is just one of the thousands of casualties of the fighting in and around Misrata since the start of the uprising.
When the war in Libya started, many young men were so interested in games that older residents never thought they would turn into fighters.
Ten Libyan rebels were reported killed and 172 wounded in an attack on the eastern oil port of Brega on Saturday.
Libyan rebels were poised to retake Brega after breaching the oil refinery town’s defences, buoyed by the recognition of their administration.
Western and regional powers boosted Libyan rebels battling Muammar Gaddafi by designating them as the country’s legitimate rulers.
Libya’s prosecutor general charged on Wednesday that Nato air strikes have killed more than 1 100 civilians.
A senior leader of Libya’s rebels has rejected accusations that anti-Gaddafi forces have been responsible for looting, arson and abuse of civilians.
Widespread discussions were being held between Tripoli and other countries to end the crisis in Libya but there were no full-scale negotiations.
France’s defence minister said it was time for Libya’s rebels to negotiate with Muammar Gaddafi’s government.
The Bir Ayad field hospital is in a single room with no electricity in a former roadside café near the front line in Libya’s Western mountains.
Rebel fighters in western Libya faced sustained artillery and rocket bombardment by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi for the fifth day on Saturday.
Muammar Gaddafi lashed out at those seeking to push him from power, warning his enemies will be trampled "under the feet of the Libyan masses".
The African Union must be given "political space" to deal with the instability in Libya, says Maite Nkoana-Mashabane.
Rebel sympathisers, driven underground in Tripoli, have resorted to furtive protests such as writing "No" next to pro-government graffiti.
Shelling by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi killed 11 people and wounded dozens more — the majority civilians — around the besieged city of Misrata.
President Zuma has returned from Russia, where he and President Dmitry Medvedev discussed the AU’s political solution to the Libya conflict with Nato.
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi rejects calls for his father to step down, telling French TV "we will never surrender, we will fight".
The head of Libya’s rebel council says there’s no chance of Muammar Gaddafi being granted exile within Libya, now that the ICC wants him arrested.
Muammar Gaddafi can live out his retirement in Libya if he surrenders all power, the country’s opposition leader has said.
Buoyed by French arms drops and intensified Nato air strikes on the regime’s frontline armour, Libya’s rebel army said it is poised for an offensive.