Sirte

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

Simmering tensions could see the country partitioned between east and west

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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