22 November 2011 Last updated at 15:32 ET Libya’s interim PM has named a new transitional cabinet, the first step to forming an elected government. The new government is tasked with drafting a constitution and holding democratic elections by next June. Correspondents say the line-up is aimed at soothing the rivalries between regional factions....
22 October 2011 Last updated at 16:28 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. People are queuing to see Gaddafi’s body which is being kept in a cold storage container in Misrata The commander of forces who captured Muammar Gaddafi has given details of the Libyan ex-leader’s last moments. Omran al-Oweib...
21 October 2011 Last updated at 16:14 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Libyan leaders have said they want to make sure “everybody knows Gaddafi is dead” Col Gaddafi’s burial has been delayed by differences among officials about what should be done with the body. Under Islamic tradition burial should...
20 October 2011 Last updated at 17:02 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Amateur video of Col Gaddafi shortly before he was killed Libya’s ex-leader Col Muammar Gaddafi has been killed after an assault on his birthplace of Sirte, officials say. Acting Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril announced the death, and...
9 October 2011 Last updated at 13:02 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. NTC fighters are making gradual progress through Colonel Gaddafi’s home town Interim government forces in Libya have made significant gains in the battle for the city of Sirte – hometown of the fugitive leader Col Muammar Gaddafi....
11 September 2011 Last updated at 16:36 ET One of the sons of the fugitive Libyan leader, Col Muammar Gaddafi, has arrived in neighbouring Niger. Niger’s justice minister said Saadi Gaddafi had been in a convoy which was heading towards the capital, Niamey. Col Gaddafi’s whereabouts are unknown. He has said he will die...
9 September 2011 Last updated at 17:00 ET Anti-Gaddafi forces in Libya say they are close to capturing the town of Bani Walid, one of four towns still under the control of loyalist fighters. Commanders said they had cleared outlying areas and were within two kilometres of the centre. They said they hoped to...
4 September 2011 Last updated at 14:10 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Bani Walid is one of the few towns in Libya still loyal to Col Gaddafi Libyan interim government forces who have surrounded the Gaddafi-held desert town of Bani Walid say their talks with the loyalist side have...
1 September 2011 Last updated at 16:56 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. In the first message, Gaddafi called his enemies “traitors and agents of the colonialism” Libya’s fugitive ex-leader Col Muammar Gaddafi has said he is ready to fight a long guerrilla war, in an audio message carried by...
31 August 2011 Last updated at 16:53 ET Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, one of fugitive Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s sons, has vowed to carry on fighting. In an audio message on al-Ray TV, he said he was speaking from Tripoli’s outskirts – and his father was fine. The message came minutes after his brother, Saadi,...
