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.
Streams of civilians have fled Sirte in Libya while the Red Cross warns of a medical emergency and battles continue.
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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.
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/ 23 September 2011
Diplomatic contradictions in Côte d’Ivoire and Libya reveal a lack of inter-African coordination, writes <b>Francis Kornegay</b>.
Bickering that has delayed the formation of a new interim government in Libya suggests potentially damaging internal political rifts are widening.
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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/ 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.
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.
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 NTC has formed a supreme security council tasked with protecting Tripoli, as shops and businesses reopened after weeks of tumult.
Libya’s new leadership says it is committed to democracy, while it prioritises areas for spending the billions released from Gaddafi’s frozen assets.
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/ 21 November 2007
The Guinea Bissau Cabinet on Tuesday sacked heads of the national radio and television on Tuesday for allegedly failing to send reporters to cover an address by the president. But the two denied claims their teams were not at the event and strongly protested their dismissal as too severe.