Fighters loyal to Libya’s interim government are battling for full control of Muammar Gaddafi’s birthplace where diehards are holed up.
Revolutionary fighters have assaulted a convention centre in the middle of Sirte that forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi turned into their main base.
With Muammar Gaddafi still at large, the NTC is set to declare that Libya’s "full liberation" is complete and appoint a new transitional government.
Streams of civilians have fled Sirte in Libya while the Red Cross warns of a medical emergency and battles continue.
Two children have been killed in rocket fire as their family joined the quickening exodus of civilians during a two-day window to flee Sirte, Libya.
Human Rights Watch has called on Libya’s new rulers to stop armed groups from rounding up suspected Muammar Gaddafi supporters and abusing them.
Nato commanders face a tough balancing act during the bloody battle for Muammar Gaddafi’s last strongholds, Sirte and Bani Walid.
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/ 30 September 2011
The role of various African countries in Gaddafi’s demise is far from clear cut.
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/ 27 September 2011
Heavily armed anti-Gaddafi fighters tightened their siege of the ousted Libyan leader’s hometown of Sirte on Monday.
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/ 26 September 2011
Libyan officials announced on Sunday that they found a mass grave believed to hold the remains of 1 200 prisoners.
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/ 25 September 2011
Libya’s new rulers have unearthed a mass grave of 1 700 prisoners slain by Muammar Gaddafi’s regime in a 1996 uprising.
Hundreds of fighters for Libya’s new rulers thrust into Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown of Sirte from the east on Sunday, as Nato pounded the coastal city.
For African migrant workers in shelters on the outskirts of Tripoli, Libya’s revolution has brought not hope and freedom but fear and hunger.
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/ 25 September 2011
With Nato jets roaring overhead, Libya’s revolutionary forces have been fighting their way into Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown.
Libyan interim government forces swarmed into Muammar Gaddafi’s home town of Sirte on Saturday but encountered heavy sniper fire.
Muammar Gaddafi’s firebrand daughter has said in an audio recording that her father is in high spirits and fighting alongside his supporters.
Libya’s National Transitional Council needs the buy-in of all citizens to succeed
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/ 23 September 2011
The new Libya is looking to Europe and not to the continent.
Libya’s interim rulers said they had captured one of Muammar Gaddafi’s last strongholds in the Sahara desert, finding a stock of chemical weapons.
Bickering that has delayed the formation of a new interim government in Libya suggests potentially damaging internal political rifts are widening.
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/ 19 September 2011
Colonel Gaddafi’s overthrow has highlighted the country’s Arab heritage and created divisions within the continent.
Libya’s victorious rebels are preparing to unveil a new government as they meet resistance from Muammar Gaddafi loyalists in his last strongholds.
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/ 18 September 2011
Nearly a month after Muammar Gaddafi’s foes overran Tripoli, Libya’s interim council is unable to declare all of the nation "liberated".
A spokesperson for Muammar Gaddafi has accused Nato of killing 354 people in overnight air strikes on the city of Sirte.
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/ 17 September 2011
Hunter-in-chief Hisham Buhagiar likens the search to a game of chess but he believes Gaddafi will be caught within two weeks.
Turkey’s prime minister heads to Libya on Friday, a day after the French and British leaders were welcomed for helping to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi.
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/ 15 September 2011
French and British leaders will visit Libya on Thursday to congratulate the new rulers they helped install.
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/ 14 September 2011
The AU is discussing ways to press for an inclusive government in Libya, with the region still refusing to recognise the new leadership in Tripoli.
The accounts from residents fleeing Bani Walid build a portrait of a battlefield-in-waiting for an expected all-out assault.
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/ 13 September 2011
The interim council is struggling to assert its control over the entire country and capture a handful of stubbornly defended pro-Gaddafi towns.
A defiant Gaddafi has vowed to fight until victory as his forces launched surprise fightbacks, and China officially recognised the interim government.
Libya’s new rulers said on Sunday they were holding back an assault on one of the last bastions loyal to Muammar Gaddafi.