Tag: Gaddafi
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, not seeming...
Gaddafi is dead, why keep his name
After 14 days of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi’s death, who was a close aide of former PM and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) founder Zulfikar...
NATO concludes Libya mission after seven months
NATO ends its military operation in Libya at midnight on Monday, seven months after launching an air and sea campaign that helped bring the...
ICC hunt for Gaddafi’s son poses dilemma for Niger
The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) said on Sunday he has “substantial evidence” that Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, now on the run, had...
A harder life for African migrants post-Gaddafi
On the coast outside Tripoli, a squalid refugee camp shelters hundreds of African migrants who found work under Libya’s former regime, but are now...
NATO to formally declare end to Libya mission
NATO was due Friday to formally declare an end to its seven-month mission in Libya despite calls from the country's new rulers for air...
Libya’s interim ruler urges NATO to stay till year end
Libya's interim leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil on Wednesday urged NATO to continue its Libya campaign until year's end, saying loyalists of slain despot Muammer...
Insider describes Gaddafi son’s escape from town
Muammar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam called his father frequently on the telephone and increasingly feared being hit by a mortar bomb as he tried...
Gaddafi death sends message of freedom: Obama
US President Barack Obama said Tuesday that Muammer Gaddafi's grisly death sent a message to dictators around the world that people long to be...
Gaddafi sodomised before death?
Amid mounting questions about just how and when Muammar Gaddafi died, an analysis of video footage suggested a Libyan fighter sodomised the former Libyan...
Libya gives Gaddafi inglorious secret burial
Muammar Gaddafi and his son Mo’tassim were buried in a secret desert location on Tuesday, five days after the desposed Libyan leader was captured,...
Gaddafi buried at dawn: NTC
Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) buried Muammar Gaddafi at an unknown location at dawn on Tuesday, al-Jazeera television said, quoting a source in the...
Autopsy completed on Gaddafi’s body
Libyan forensic doctors carried out an autopsy overnight on the body of Muammar Gaddafi, the former Libyan leader killed last week, one of the...
Libya denies Gaddafi post-mortem, promises probe
Military commanders in the Libyan city of Misrata said Saturday that no post-mortem would be carried out on the body of Muammar Gaddafi despite...
NATO mission in Libya to end on October 31
NATO plans to end its seven-month air and sea campaign in Libya at the end of October, Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said late on...
Mission accomplished for NATO in Libya, but what next?
NATO was due to wind down its mission in Libya on Friday after a six-month campaign that saw the United States hand over the...
Musharraf on Gaddafi: there are good and bad dictators
Commenting on the killing of former Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi on Thursday, former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf said there are good and bad dictators,...
