Muammar Gaddafi accused the West on Wednesday of wanting to seize Libya’s oil and warned that a no-fly zone would backfire.
The Presidency issued a statement on Wednesday evening saying that President Jacob Zuma is not ambiguous on the issue of Libya.
Libyan state television has reported that President Jacob Zuma has come out in support of Muammar Gaddafi’s theories concerning conflict in the state.
With the fight to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi in Libya, Djerbahas become the only Tunisian airport to process tens of thousands of fleeing refugees.
Libya’s air force stepped up air strikes and heavy shelling was heard on Tuesday as the revolt against Muammar Gaddafi entered its third week.
Britain and France spearheaded a drive at the United Nations for a no-fly zone over Libya after Muammar Gaddafi’s warplanes attacked rebels.
One of Muammar Gaddafi’s sons, Saadi, said on Monday his father had not yet thrown his army into full battle against rebels.
Libyan rebels ceded ground to Muammar Gaddafi’s advancing forces on Monday as the US came under increasing pressure to arm the opposition.
Attacks on civilians in Libya may amount to "crimes against humanity" and the world will not stand "idly by" if they continue, Nato said on Monday.
Ras Lanuf has done well from Libya’s oil boom since Gaddafi nationalised the former Mobil terminal as part of his "people’s revolution".
The Obama administration recently played down a proposal to establish a no-fly zone over Libya.
Many feel that there is no other alternative to the negative consequences that overdependence on aid can.
The administration of President Barack Obama came under mounting pressure on Sunday to arm rebels facing an emboldened and regrouping military.
Libyan troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi launched counter-offensives against rebel-held towns on Sunday as the popular uprising escalated into warfare.
Intense automatic gunfire erupted in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Sunday, the first such outbreak in Muammar Gaddafi’s main stronghold.
Muammar Gaddafi’s forces were accused of a massacre during an assault on a key city as rebels pushed towards Tripoli.
Just 100km from Gaddafi’s hometown, something didn’t feel right. There were no signs of the rebel army, and we were getting close to where government
Libyan forces closed in on the western town of Zawiyah on Saturday after rebels drove them from the centre in fierce fighting.
Muammar Gaddafi’s forces wrested back part of a town in western Libya from rebels, but his foes said they had seized the oil port of Ras Lanuf.
Interpol delivered a global alert against Gaddafi and 15 members of his inner circle to help police around the world enforce United Nations sanctions.
The man who overthrew a monarch 41 years ago
is now but a pale shadow of his predecessor.
<b>Martin Chulov</b> talks to leaders at Ajdabiya, south of Benghazi, during a pause in the fighting.
The Libyan government’s investment arm co-owns a prime slice of Sandton — Africa’s most expensive real estate — and a chunk of the V&A Waterfront.
Muammar Gaddafi struck at rebel control of a key Libyan coastal road for a second day on Thursday but received a warning he would be held to account.
It may have become acceptable to question Muammar Gaddafi’s state of mind but it’s a futile exercise to try to predict his behaviour.
Muammar Gaddafi has warned "thousands" would die if the West launched a military intervention in Libya.
Muammar Gaddafi, orchestrating a populist response to rebels threatening his rule, blamed al-Qaeda on Wednesday for creating turmoil.
Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi have recaptured a town in Libya’s mostly rebel-held east, rebel military officers said on Wednesday.
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/ 17 February 2011
Six people were killed in the Libyan city of Benghazi on Thursday, as Muammar Gaddafi’s regime sought to overshadow an opposition "Day of Anger".