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Rebels killed Muammar Gaddafi in his hometown of Sirte on 20 October 2011. (Photo by Eric VANDEVILLE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

Libyan town clings to memory of Gaddafi, 10 years on

Rebels killed Muammar Gaddafi in his hometown of Sirte on 20 October 2011, months into the Nato-backed rebellion that ended his four-decade rule

Blood stains are seen at a detention centre for mainly African migrants that was hit by an airstrike in the Tajoura suburb of the Libyan capital of Tripoli, Libya. (Reuters/Ismail Zitouny)
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Time is not on our side in Libya

Simmering tensions could see the country partitioned between east and west

Gaddafi buried at dawn in secret desert grave

Gaddafi buried at dawn in secret desert grave

Muammar Gaddafi has been buried in a secret desert grave, ending a wrangle over his body that threatened to derail post-liberation plans.

SA refuses to indulge UN’s mercenary probe

South Africa urges peace in Gaddafi-free Libya

Following Gaddafi’s death, SA has urged Libya to seek "all inclusive" peace in the country, which its prime minister says is now ready to be reborn.

Gaddafi’s home town of Sirte has fallen

Gaddafi’s home town of Sirte has fallen, claim NTC forces

Libyan forces say they had captured the last positions held by Muammar Gaddafi’s loyalists in the deposed leader’

Libya bulldozes Gaddafi’s Tripoli compound

Libya bulldozes Gaddafi’s Tripoli compound

Libyan forces have bulldozed the green walls surrounding Gaddafi’s main Tripoli compound, saying it was time "to tear down this symbol of tyranny".

Gaddafi diehards hold up Libyan transition

Gaddafi diehards hold up Libyan transition

Libyan government fighters are battling to subdue pockets of resistance by pro-Muammar Gaddafi fighters, who are delaying Libya’s move to democracy.

Libyan leaders downplay violent disputes

Libya leaders mop up after deadly clashes in Tripoli

Libya’s new leadership has pressed a campaign to clear the capital of armed Muammar Gaddafi loyalists after fierce gun battles.

Sirte hospital crammed with the dazed and the dead

Sirte hospital crammed with the dazed and the dead

Triumphant fighters marched up and down as dazed and frightened patients in Sirte’s main hospital lay crammed into a ground floor corridor.

Sirte hospital crammed with the dazed and the dead

NTC captures Gaddafi hometown landmarks

Libyan transitional government forces say they have captured the university and a conference centre in Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown of Sirte.

Medical emergency fears as Libyan exodus continues

Medical emergency fears as Libyan exodus continues

Streams of civilians have fled Sirte in Libya while the Red Cross warns of a medical emergency and battles continue.

Libyan children killed as Sirte exodus grows

Libyan children killed as Sirte exodus grows

Two children have been killed in rocket fire as their family joined the quickening exodus of civilians during a two-day window to flee Sirte, Libya.

Libya’s NTC unearths mass grave

Libya’s new rulers have unearthed a mass grave of 1 700 prisoners slain by Muammar Gaddafi’s regime in a 1996 uprising.

NTC storms Sirte amid Nato strikes

NTC storms Sirte amid Nato strikes

Hundreds of fighters for Libya’s new rulers thrust into Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown of Sirte from the east on Sunday, as Nato pounded the coastal city.

Bitter battle for Gaddafi’s hometown

With Nato jets roaring overhead, Libya’s revolutionary forces have been fighting their way into Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown.

Libyan leadership readies to show new face of govt

Libyan leadership readies to show new face of govt

Libya’s victorious rebels are preparing to unveil a new government as they meet resistance from Muammar Gaddafi loyalists in his last strongholds.

Gaddafi loyalists say Nato kills 354 Libyans

Gaddafi loyalists say Nato kills 354 Libyans

A spokesperson for Muammar Gaddafi has accused Nato of killing 354 people in overnight air strikes on the city of Sirte.

Inspectors return to Libya for chemical weapons sweep

Libya’s rebels squeeze Gaddafi’s bastion

Libyan forces have converged on Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown of Sirte hoping to seal their revolution by seizing the last bastions of the strongman.

Libya’s $41-billion budget aims to share wealth

Libya’s Parliament passed a -billion budget for 2008 aimed at giving Libyans a direct share in oil wealth after leader Moammar Gadaffi said economic development was too slow,…

Gadaffi says Cabinet fails to enrich Libya, must go

Libyan leader Moammar Gadaffi urged a sweeping reform of government on Sunday, saying most of the Cabinet system should be dismantled as it had failed to manage the North…