Moammar Gadaffi

From retirements to coups d’etat, presidential term limits and opposition candidates winning elections, democracy appears to be making progress

Libya’s new rulers have said that they are ready to forgive the forces of slain dictator Muammar Gaddafi.

Libya’s new leaders will declare liberation on Sunday in a move that will start the clock for elections after months of bloodshed.

In some cases the readiness to inflict one’s dearth of artistic talent on a helpless world may be a sign of far worse things to come.

Libyan rebel chief Mustafa Abdel Jalil says "the end is very near" for Moammar Gadaffi and that it will be "catastrophic".

Rebels have hoisted their flag in a strategic town near Tripoli after the most dramatic advance in months, cutting off important routes.

Libyan government forces and rebels have clashed around the western town of Zawiyah as insurgents try to push ever closer to Tripoli.

An imprisoned Libyan army colonel says Moammar Gadaffi’s regime is riddled with divisions and is in the process of collapse.

A rebel blueprint for a post-Gaddafi Libya would retain much of the regime’s infrastructure in the hope of averting an Iraq-style descent into chaos.

China made its first confirmed contact with Libyan rebels in the latest setback for Gaddafi, while France has been trying to persuade him to leave.

Westerners have been filmed in central Libya in the first apparent confirmation that Nato has sent ­military advisers to train anti-government forces.

President Jacob Zuma’s report to the AU about his visit to Libya will highlight the arrest warrant issued by the ICC.

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Nato aircraft destroyed the guard towers at Muammar Gaddafi’s compound in Tripoli, then staged a daytime strike on the city, a Nato official has said.

Given the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court Gaddafi has almost nowhere to flee, writes <b>Jackie Ashley</b>.