Tag: Gaddafi
Ten years on, Libyan revolutionaries live with wounds and unfulfilled dreams
As revolution swept their region in 2011, three young Libyans joined mass protests against Muammar Gaddafi’s four-decade rule. They now live divided by Libya’s...
Sarkozy held over Libyan funding inquiry
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was held in custody and questioned by magistrates investigating whether late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi helped finance...
Gaddafi son in good health – family lawyer
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the prominent son of the former Libyan leader, is in good health and is following the political situation in...
War crimes prosecutor calls for arrest of Saif Gaddafi
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court called for the arrest and surrender of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, wanted on war crimes charges...
Gaddafi son released in Libya
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi has been freed by an armed group in western Libya where he was being held following the 2011 revolt...
ICC unseals Gaddafi aide arrest warrant
The International Criminal Court unsealed an arrest warrant for the former head of Libya's Internal Security Agency, saying he was suspected of...
EU court lifts sanctions on Gaddafi’s daughter
Europe's second-highest court lifted sanctions imposed on the daughter of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, arguing the changed situation in Libya no...
Gaddafi’s son still in prison military source maintains
Saif al-Islam, a son of the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, remains in the prison in western Libya where he has been...
Obama admits mistakes in Libya, says West should have done more
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday the international community should have done more to avoid a leadership vacuum in Libya, which...
Videos show Libyan officials threatening jailed Gaddafi son
New videos show Libyan security officials threatening Muammar Gaddafi's son Saadi in an effort to force him to talk, two weeks after...
ICC refers Libya to UN Security Council for not surrendering Gaddafi’s...
The International Criminal Court said on Wednesday Libya had violated an obligation to hand over murder suspect Saif al-Islam Gaddafi and it...
Libyan army needs a Gaddafi general to beat Islamists in Benghazi
Libyan tanks rumble past houses riddled with bullet holes in the eastern city of Benghazi and residents turn out to greet soldiers...
Japan donates $5.2 million for de-mining, explosive ordnance clearance in Libya
The Japanese government has donated $5.2 million to the Libyan government to fund the clearance of weapons, munitions and other explosive remnants...
Anarchy at door, West starts to rebuild Libyan army
On a dusty parade ground outside Tripoli, young recruits march and bark out slogans for the new Libyan army that Western powers...
Libya deports hundreds of African immigrants
Libya has deported more than 500 African immigrants, state news agency Lana said, sending them to Niger as it tries to tackle...
Libya seeks Italian help for satellite system for borders
Libya will build a satellite surveillance system with Italian expertise to help secure its borders, its defense minister said, part of Tripoli's...
Libyan army clashes with Islamist militants, three killed
Clashes between Libyan troops and militants in the eastern city of Benghazi on Monday killed at least three people and wounded a...
Libyan soldier killed by mine, 16 people wounded in jail battle:...
A soldier was killed by a mine in the Libyan city of Benghazi and 16 people were wounded in clashes at a...
NATO to advise Libya on strengthening security forces
NATO agreed on Monday to a Libyan request to advise it on strengthening its security forces, lending support to a country where...
Factbox: Libya’s rival militia groups
The brief seizure of Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan by a former rebel group has highlighted the fragile government's struggle to contain...
Gaddafi had undeclared chemical weapons stocks
Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi had undeclared stockpiles of chemical weapons, inspectors from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)...
Denmark’s contribution to Unified Protector cost US$110 million
Denmark's contribution to military operations against Muammar Gaddafi's regime cost the country US$110 million, according to Denmark's Ministry of Finance.
Denmark was one...
Refugees of Libya revenge attacks plan to go home
Thousands of former supporters of Muammar Gaddafi who fled their town after revenge attacks will try to return next week, their leaders...
Refugees of Libya revenge attacks plan to go home
Thousands of former supporters of Muammar Gaddafi who fled their town after revenge attacks will try to return next week, their leaders...
Libyans protest in Benghazi against new leaders
Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi to show their frustration with leaders who came to...
Libya’s NTC sets up committee to probe oil graft
Libya's National Transitional Council has set up a committee to investigate corruption in the oil sector during the rule of Muammar Gaddafi,...
Gaddafi’s son betrayed by his own desert guide
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was betrayed to his captors by a Libyan nomad who says he was hired to help Muammar Gaddafi's son...
Gaddafi son held, Libyans wrangle on govt
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi spent secreted in the militia stronghold of Zintan while in Tripoli the Libyan rebel leaders who overthrew his father...
Insight – Africa to miss Gaddafi’s money, not his meddling
Muammar Gaddafi plucked some fluff from his flowing golden robes, poured himself another steaming cup of tea and continued with his lecture,...
ICC prosecutor may bring Libya rape charges
The International Criminal Court prosecutor said he may charge Muammar Gaddafi's spy chief, Abdullah al-Senussi, and others suspected of involvement in hundreds...
Libyan chemical weapons stockpile intact – inspectors
Libya's stockpiles of sulphur mustard agent and chemicals used to make weapons are intact and were not stolen during the uprising that...
Gaddafi kin seethe, in test for new Libya
Two weeks after Muammar Gaddafi was killed in his hometown, his tribal kin in Sirte, the village he turned into a favoured...
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi may try to flee Libya – ICC
The International Criminal Court is still receiving information that Muammar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam may try to flee Libya with the help...
Gaddafi fall cost Russia tens of billions in arms deals
Russia lost tens of billions of dollars in potential revenues from arms deals with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's fall, the official in...
Gaddafi son should be tried in Libya first: minister
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi will not escape justice and should be tried in Libya for murder, corruption and "many things" before an international...
In Tripoli, NATO chief hails “free Libya”
NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen hailed the end of the alliance's military intervention in Libya, which helped bring about the death of...
Ninety British soldiers involved in Libya operations on the ground
Britain deployed 90 soldiers to Libya to advise Libyan rebels plotting the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi, United Kingdom defence secretary Philip Hammond...
French fighter jets return from Libya
France has begun withdrawing its combat aircraft from Libya operations, returning four Mirage F1s to France as operations come to a close...
Gaddafi begged Italy’s help in letter: Paris Match
Deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi wrote to Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in August begging him to halt a NATO-led intervention that...
Libya gives Gaddafi inglorious secret burial
Muammar Gaddafi and his son Mo'tassim were buried in a secret desert location five days after the deposed Libyan leader was captured,...
Saif al-Islam, Gaddafi’s enigmatic and elusive son
Four days after the capture and killing of Muammar Gaddafi, there is little sign of his one missing son Saif al-Islam, last...
Libya urged to investigate Gaddafi supporters’ “execution”
A human rights group called for an investigation into a suspected mass execution of 53 Gaddafi supporters and urged Libyan authorities to...
NATO plans to end Libya mission at end of October
NATO plans to end its seven-month air and sea campaign in Libya at the end of October, Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said...
Gaddafi asset hunters face legal mazes
Libya's new leaders will have to dig deep to find billions of dollars in cash and assets that Muammar Gaddafi and his...
Shock image threshold falls under Internet pressure
The threshold for publishing gruesome images like those of Muammar Gaddafi's death is falling as the Internet and social media make many...
Gaddafi’s death emboldens anti-Assad protesters in Syria
The killing of Libya's Muammar Gaddafi fuelled anti-government rallies across Syria after Friday prayers and security forces killed 25 people in a...
Saif al-Islam, Gaddafi’s enigmatic and elusive son
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi is the most enigmatic of Muammar Gaddafi's children, apparently turning within weeks from philanthropist and liberal reformer into a...
West celebrates Gaddafi’s end, hails own role
Western leaders hailed the death of Muammar Gaddafi as a moment of liberation for Libya and held up their own role in...
Profile – Flamboyant Gaddafi no stranger to bloodshed
Muammar Gaddafi's love of comic-opera uniforms, exotic female bodyguards and Bedouin tents provided a theatrical backdrop for 42 years of bloody repression...
Gaddafi son Mo’tassim dead, was hiding with father
One of Muammar Gaddafi's sons, Mo'tassim, is dead and had been hiding with his father, Libya's interim government information minister told Reuters.
"Mo'tassim...
