Russia’s envoy to Africa says there is no place in Libya’s future for Gaddafi, whose son has called for elections to end the riven nation’s conflict.
Nato is using information gleaned from Twitter to help analysts judge which sites could be targeted by commanders for bombing and missile strikes.
South Africa has accused Nato of deliberately targeting Gaddafi, warning that its campaign in Libya could paralyse other UN Security Council action.
Libyan rebels have captured two villages on the road to Tripoli, as Nato insisted it could complete its mission without putting troops on the ground.
Nato warplanes attacked Tripoli on Tuesday night after Libyan rebels pushed back forces loyal to leader Muammar Gaddafi on three fronts.
Organisers of the London 2012 Olympic Games have allocated Libya "a few hundred tickets" for the event.
Rebuffing a US call to abandon Gaddafi, President Jacob Zuma has slammed Nato for "abusing" UN resolutions meant to protect Libyan citizens.
Another member of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi’s regime has defected and fled the country, two Libyan analysts in London said on Monday.
Libyan rebels have broken out toward Tripoli from Misrata, about 225km to the east, cracking a government siege as Gaddafi’s forces falter.
Hillary Clinton has urged African leaders to abandon Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi, saying it was time to live up to their pledges to promote democracy.
The controversial head of world chess said on Monday he had no qualms about playing Muammar Gaddafi in Tripoli while fighting raged across Libya.
From the east and west, working with Nato air strikes, resurgent rebels have battled Libyan government forces at flashpoints along the Mediterranean.
Rebels battled their way back into a major oil port just 50km west of Tripoli on Saturday, forcing Muammar Gaddafi’s troops to close the highway.
Freedom of speech is the name of the game in Revolution Square where new publications have blossomed and women recite poetry in public.
Nato warplanes pummelled a town west of Libya’s capital, state media said soon after Western and Arab powers promised more than $1-billion to rebels.
Investigators have evidence that Muammar Gaddafi ordered mass rapes and bought containers of "Viagra-type" drugs to encourage troops to attack women.
Diplomats from the United Nations and from Spain on Wednesday joined a growing number of envoys beating a path to the Libyan rebel capital Benghazi.
Loud explosions rocked Tripoli early on Wednesday as Nato kept up its heaviest bombing of the the Libyan capital since air strikes began in March.
Journalists taken to see "bomb victim" in a hospital in Tripoli find out that the seven-month-old child was hurt in a road accident.
Nato warplanes battered Muammar Gaddafi’s command network in Tripoli, it said on Monday ahead of a visit to Libya by an envoy from Russia.
When the government announced that President Jacob Zuma was planning yet another trip to Libya, several questions immediately came to mind.
British and French attack helicopters struck inside Libya for the first time overnight on Saturday, hitting targets in the oil port of Brega.
Nato employed attack helicopters to hit targets in Libya for the first time on Saturday, an alliance statement said.
China made its first confirmed contact with Libyan rebels in the latest setback for Gaddafi, while France has been trying to persuade him to leave.
Westerners have been filmed in central Libya in the first apparent confirmation that Nato has sent military advisers to train anti-government forces.
President Jacob Zuma’s report to the AU about his visit to Libya will highlight the arrest warrant issued by the ICC.
Libya’s top oil official became the latest figure to desert Muammar Gaddafi on Wednesday, adding momentum to a revolt against the leader’s long rule.
Powerful explosions rocked Tripoli as Nato pressed its air war on Wednesday amid Libyan charges it has killed 718 civilians.
Muammar Gaddafi insists he will not leave his country, SA President Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday after he met the embattled Libyan ruler.
The Libyan government has agreed at "the highest level" to help South Africa search for the remains of slain photographer Anton Hammerl.
SA on Tuesday called for an immediate ceasefire in Libya, after President Jacob Zuma’s talks in Tripoli failed to advance a regional peace plan.
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