Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan has called for peace as clashes erupt in Tripoli after dozens of people were killed during an attack by militiamen.

Despite rejecting the accusations, Libya’s Prime Minister Ali Zeidan has laid the blame of his brief kidnapping on two lawmakers.

Libya’s Prime Minister Ali Zeidan has blamed those responsible for his brief abduction on a "political party which wants to overthrow the government".

A former rebel group, affiliated with the Libyan government, has freed Prime Minister Ali Zeidan after capturing him in Tripoli.

A group of former Libyan rebels says it has seized Prime Minister Ali Zeidan due to his government’s role in the US capture of a top al-Qaeda suspect.