Libya’s new prime minister has pledged that human rights would be set as its priority, as the United Nations warned against the proliferation of arms.
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/ 31 October 2011
Nato will end its military operation in Libya at midnight on Monday, seven months after launching a campaign that helped overthrow the government.
The International Criminal Court said on Saturday Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was in contact through intermediaries about surrendering for trial.
The belated finale for Muammar Gaddafi began on a marble slab in a car park and ended with a lonely burial in the desert.
Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam is considering either surrendering to the ICC or seeking refuge with one of his father’s allies, possibly Robert Mugabe.
Nato has officially declared the end of its seven-month mission to Libya as the ICC seeks to bring in Muammar Gaddafi’s fugitive son Saif al-Islam.
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/ 28 October 2011
The Libyan fighters who dragged Muammar Gaddafi from that stormwater drain made good use of an additional weapon: their cellphones.
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/ 27 October 2011
<b>Ros Coward</b> knew Moussa Ibrahim as a charming PhD student. Imagine her shock when he turned out to be the public face of Gaddafi’s regime.
Muammar Gaddafi has been buried in a secret desert grave, ending a wrangle over his body that threatened to derail post-liberation plans.
Kenny Kunene celebrated his 41st birthday by dressing up as the late Muammar Gaddafi, accompanied by models in camouflage bikinis.
Libya’s interim rulers have declared the country liberated after an eight-month civil war, launching it into a two-year transition to democracy.
A will apparently written by Muammar Gaddafi expresses the wish that he be buried in Sirte, the town of his birth, next to "my family and relatives".
Nineteen South Africans were reportedly hired to help former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi escape to Niger and two of them died in the process.
As Muammar Gaddafi lay unburied, Libya’s outgoing premier said the coming days posed a crucial test of resolve for the new men of power.
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/ 22 October 2011
Libyans queue to see the dictator’s body as wounds appear to confirm he was killed in cold blood.
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/ 22 October 2011
The slain Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi secretly spirited out of Libya and invested overseas more than $200-billion.
President Jacob Zuma and Archbishop Desmond Tutu condemned the killing of Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi, while ANCYL called him an anti-imperialist martyr.
The gruesome death of Muammar Gaddafi could have been avoided if only the world had listened to South Africa and the African Union, says the ANC.
Following Gaddafi’s death, SA has urged Libya to seek "all inclusive" peace in the country, which its prime minister says is now ready to be reborn.
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi died of his wounds after being captured near the coastal city of Sirte, the last holdout of his supporters.
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/ 21 October 2011
For Libya’s new leaders, the next test is meeting the expectations of the people.
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/ 21 October 2011
Muammar Gaddafi’s death means a long and complex trial that could have divided Libya and embarrassed Western governments and oil firms will be avoided
Hours after deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was killed in Sirte, Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril vowed to "start a new Libya".
Deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has been killed during an NTC raid on his hometown of Sirte, sparking wild celebrations across the country.
Libyan forces say they had captured the last positions held by Muammar Gaddafi’s loyalists in the deposed leader’
Libya’s acting prime minister Mahmoud Jibril says Muammar Gaddafi is recruiting fighters from other African countries for another possible insurgency.
Libyan forces have bulldozed the green walls surrounding Gaddafi’s main Tripoli compound, saying it was time "to tear down this symbol of tyranny".
Libyan government fighters are battling to subdue pockets of resistance by pro-Muammar Gaddafi fighters, who are delaying Libya’s move to democracy.
Libya’s new leadership has pressed a campaign to clear the capital of armed Muammar Gaddafi loyalists after fierce gun battles.
Triumphant fighters marched up and down as dazed and frightened patients in Sirte’s main hospital lay crammed into a ground floor corridor.
Libyan transitional government forces say they have captured the university and a conference centre in Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown of Sirte.
NTC have forces swept into Sirte in one of the biggest assaults yet on Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown but have been stopped by diehard loyalists.