As Libya’s new masters meet their Western backers in Turkey on Thursday to secure funds, SA said it had repeatedly asked Nato to stop bombing.
Libya’s rebels are offering a bounty for Muammar Gaddafi, after a former ally said he was probably heading for the border — in women’s clothing.
Despite his absurd, buffoonish persona, Muammar Gaddafi clung to power in Libya for four brutal decades.
More than 30 countries have recognised Libya’s rebel council, but SA has so far refused to accept its legitimacy, and criticised Nigeria for doing so.
Rebel fighters have captured Muammar Gaddafi’s heavily fortified Bab al-Aziziya compound in Tripoli — but there was no sign of the Libyan leader.
Libyan rebels have launched a massive offensive on Muammar Gaddafi’s compound in Tripoli, as the strongman’s son refuted reports of his own arrest.
A son of Muammar Gaddafi who rebels said they had captured made a surprise appearance with jubilant supporters in Tripoli overnight.
Remnants of forces still loyal to Muammar Gaddafi staged a desperate stand in Tripoli on Tuesday as rebels fought their way into the capital.
The head of Libya’s rebel national council has urged his fighters to respect the law and not take violent revenge against Gaddafi loyalists.
The implosion of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s 41-year-old rule will put a new spring in the step of the Arab revolutions.
As rebels swept into Tripoli overnight, the SA government said on Monday it had not yet recognised Libya’s transitional national council.
Tanks opened fire at rebels trying to storm Muammar Gaddafi’s main compound in Tripoli on Monday, although his whereabouts remained unknown.
Jubilant rebel fighters have swept into the heart of Tripoli as Muammar Gaddafi’s forces collapsed and crowds took to the streets.
Muammar Gaddafi has urged Libyans to take up arms and crush an uprising in Tripoli as rebel troops closed on the capital for a final onslaught.
Foreign nationals are due to be evacuated from Tripoli on a boat to Malta as fighting between rebels and Muammar Gaddafi’s forces reached the capital.
Explosions and gunfire rocked Tripoli through the night as opponents of Muammar Gaddafi rose up in the capital.
With his flipped-round baseball cap and "Just Do It" T-shirt, Tareg Gazel looks like any other 19-year-old. But his job is to kill Gaddafi snipers.
Muammar Gaddafi’s regime showed fresh signs of buckling as rebels came close to cutting off supply routes.
Rebels to the west and east of Libya’s capital fought forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi for control of oil facilities vital to winning the war.
Rebels may have fought their way to Zawiyah but for many supporters of Muammar Gaddafi in Tripoli, the battle may as well be a million miles away.
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi urged his people early on Monday to "liberate Libya" from Nato and traitors, a day after rebels captured a key town.
Libyan rebels have fought their way into the strategic city of Zawiya west of Tripoli in their most significant advance in months.
In Libya’s civil war, where conflicting accusations collide, there is little doubt about the conflict’s human toll, no matter its nature or numbers.
Libya’s rebel leader sacked the executive office of his de-facto government on Monday in a move to end a crisis after the death of a rebel general.
Libya’s rebel leader sacked the executive office of his de-facto government on Monday in a move to end a crisis after the death of a rebel general.
Libyan rebels have battled to defend their gains in the face of an offensive by troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, holding on to strategic Bir Ghanam.
Libya’s rebels say a Nato air attack has killed Muammar Gaddafi’s son Khamis, commander of one of the most loyal and best-equipped military units.
Rebels who seized the government-held town of Ghazaia describe themselves as "liberators", but there were no cheers when they rolled in.
Libyan rebels have clashed with an armed gang said to be loyal to Muammar Gaddafi in a sign of growing lawlessness.
Rebels have encircled Muammar Gaddafi’s last stronghold in Libya’s Western Mountains region and hope to seize it soon.
The death of three journalists during Nato air strikes in Libya has been pinned on al-Qaeda instigation.
Questions around Libyan rebel divisions are swirling following the killing of their own military chief.