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.

Libya’s rebels are offering a bounty for Muammar Gaddafi, after a former ally said he was probably heading for the border — in women’s clothing.

Muammar Gaddafi has urged Libyans to take up arms and crush an uprising in Tripoli as rebel troops closed on the capital for a final onslaught.

More than 15 000 people have fled Sudan’s Abyei region to Agok in the south after the northern army seized the disputed area, the UN has said.

A ceasefire in northern Yemen has calmed a conflict that drove thousands of people from their homes, but bloody images still haunt Ali Nasser.