Much of Muammar Gaddafi’s inner circle has fled into Niger as NTC rebels continue their assault in Libya.
Fighters poured into the desert town of Bani Walid on Saturday as Nato aircraft struck at least seven times at Gaddafi loyalist positions.
The deadline for forces loyal to ousted Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi to surrender has expired with fighters of the NTC poised to attack hold-outs.
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/ 9 September 2011
Rebel leader sheds new light on the UK’s collaboration with Libyan intelligence forces.
Libya’s new rulers sent a column of fighters towards Bani Walid overnight, preparing a showdown with supporters of ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi.
The hunt for Muammar Gaddafi has widened across Africa after Libyan army convoys crossed hundreds of kilometres of desert into neighbouring Niger.
Libyan army vehicles have crossed into Niger in what may be a negotiated bid by Muammar Gaddafi to seek refuge in a friendly African state.
An inquiry into alleged UK complicity in the mistreatment of suspects will probe new claims that spy agency MI6 was involved in rendition to Libya.
Western powers and Libya’s neighbours fear that the power vacuum could allow unsecured weapons to end up in the hands of Islamist militants.
Forces of Libya’s interim council are poised for an assault on Bani Walid after negotiators failed to persuade Gaddafi loyalists to surrender.
Libya’s interim council hopes to seize one of Muammar Gaddafi’s last strongholds without resistance as it tries to control the entire country.
Libya’s new leadership says it is committed to democracy, while it prioritises areas for spending the billions released from Gaddafi’s frozen assets.
The South African government’s double standards on human rights issues are not going unmarked, says <b>Greg Mills</b>.
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/ 2 September 2011
There’s something insane about people who claim the Libyan revolution was foisted on Africa by the West, writes <b>Chris Roper</b>.
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/ 2 September 2011
New details have emerged of the route used by Muammar Gaddafi’s family to escape into neighbouring Algeria, triggering a diplomatic row.
The killings of black men in Libya speak of a society deeply divided for decades by Gaddafi.
A Stellenbosch engineering firm has been propelled into the limelight as a supplier of spy technology to the Gaddafi dictatorship.
At a meeting of world leaders boycotted by SA, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called for Libya’s rebels to be given the country’s UN seat.
While on a two-day visit to discuss climate change and Libya, President Jacob Zuma has paid tribute to the 77 people killed in a massacre in Norway.
Beach villas are testimony to the fact that the Gaddafis not only ruled Libya, they owned it, and treated its wealth as their personal patrimony.
Libya’s rebels accused neighbouring Algeria of an act of aggression for admitting the fleeing wife of Muammar Gaddafi and three of his children.
Libyan forces have converged on Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown of Sirte hoping to seal their revolution by seizing the last bastions of the strongman.
Libyan rebel forces were converging on Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown of Sirte on Monday, hoping to deliver the coup de grace of their revolution.
Libyan forces closed in on Muammar Gaddafi’s home town, vowing to seize it by force if negotiations fail.
Fighters pushed increasingly leaderless regime gunmen to the outskirts of Tripoli on Saturday, as shortages of fuel and water paralysed the city.
Médecins Sans Frontières has revealed that Tripoli’s Abu Salim Hospital has been shut down because staff and patients can no longer access it.
Libyan rebels are facing a new battle by struggling to provide Tripoli’s residents with water, electricity, petrol and food.
With Tripoli’s hospitals now in rebel hands, Muammar Gaddafi’s wounded loyalists admit the truth at last.
Though there is no sign of Gaddafi, the invasion of his compound is hugely symbolic.
The UN has released $1.5-billion of seized Libyan assets to be used for emergency aid after the United States and South Africa ended a dispute.
Now that the military battle for Libya is all but over, the challenges are enormous.
The South African government has defended its refusal to back a United Nations proposal to release $1.5-billion of Libyan assets.