Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi fired at least 100 Grad rockets into Misrata on Saturday, a rebel spokesperson said.
Human Rights Watch say Gaddafi’s army has fired the weapons, which cause massive damage and are banned in most states.
Ministers gathered in Qatar on Wednesday for talks on Libya’s future, with some eager to step up air strikes against Muammar Gaddafi’s forces.
An AU plan to halt Libya’s civil war collapsed, and rebels said the bloody siege of the city of Misrata made talk of a ceasefire meaningless.
Oil fell on Monday after Muammar Gaddafi appeared to accept a cease-fire plan, increasing the chances that Libyan crude will return to world markets.
Muammar Gaddafi has accepted a roadmap for ending the conflict in Libya including an immediate ceasefire, the African Union said on Monday.
Libyan rebels beat off a new assault by Muammar Gaddafi’s forces on the besieged western city of Misrata, losing as many as 30 fighters.
Fighting erupted on the eastern front in Libya’s civil war on Saturday as a Red Cross ship brought medical supplies to the besieged city of Misrata.
The African Union ad hoc high level committee on Libya has been granted permission to enter Libya by Nato.
Britain will lift its ban on members of the Libyan regime entering the UK if they renounce their loyalty to Muammar Gaddafi.
After a week of stunning setbacks, Libya’s rebels continue to struggle with a lack of discipline.
Libyan rebels said five fighters were killed when Nato bombed a tank column and a US general said they were unlikely to oust Muammar Gaddafi by force.
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Libya accused Britain of damaging an oil pipeline in an air strike, hours after rebels said government attacks had halted production of oil.
Nato, accused of mission failure by Libya’s rebels, vowed on Wednesday to do all to protect civilians in Misrata.
Libya’s rebel army has accused Nato of being too slow to order air strikes, allowing Muammar Gaddafi’s forces to slaughter people in Misrata.
Libya’s government said on Tuesday it is ready to negotiate reforms, but only as long as Muammar Gaddafi is not forced out.
Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi are staging a "massacre" in Misrata, evacuees said on Monday, as Libya said it was ready to discuss political reform.
Libyan rebels insisted on Monday that the whole Gaddafi family must leave before there can be any truce with regime forces.
A Libyan envoy has begun a trip to Europe to discuss an end to fighting, but gave no sign of any climbdown in a war that has ground to a stalemate.
Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi shelled a building in Misrata early on Sunday to try to dislodge rebels from their last big stronghold.
At least 10 rebels were killed by a air strike on Friday, fighters at the scene said, in an increasingly chaotic battle with Muammar Gaddafi’s forces.
Muammar Gaddafi’s government scorned rebel conditions for a nationwide ceasefire, and there was no sign of diplomatic efforts cooling the conflict.
In the fluctuating fortunes of Libya’s military uprising, the rebels advanced on Muammar Gaddafi’s home town, Sirte, retaking lost ground.
The US and Britain consider arming the Libyan rebels if airstrikes fail to dislodge Gaddafi.
Rebels cheered the defection of a Libyan minister as a sign that Muammar Gaddafi’s rule was crumbling, but US officials warned he was far from beaten.
Despite Muammar Gaddafi’s human rights record Denel had plans to sell him weapons.
Julius Malema, did not mention President Jacob Zuma by name when he addressed a youth league regional conference in Limpopo.
Last year a SA delegation met Gaddafi with a simple purpose: to sell massive quantities of the most lethal weaponry.
While Africa has the right to be sceptical about the West’s intentions, it also has a duty to protect Libyan citizens.
The noose is tightening around Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and his family after his foreign minister and another top diplomat defected.
At least 40 civilians have been killed in air strikes by Western forces on Tripoli, the top Vatican official in the Libyan capital said on Thursday.