Politico Europe1h
France’s Sarkozy to face trial over accusations that Gaddafi funded his first presidential run
Sarkozy stands accused of having illegally accepted money from the late Libyan dictator, Moammar Gaddafi, to finance his first presidential campaign. The brash, tough-talking former interior minister, ...
The Africa Report11d
In Libya’s second revolution, Gaddafi’s fall gave hope to the Amazigh and other minorities
In power in Libya for 42 years, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi used the country’s oil billions to sponsor insurgencies across Africa ...
Voice of America24d
Case filed against Libya over South African journalist killed in 2011
Her husband, South African photojournalist Anton Hammerl, was shot and killed in the Libyan desert on April 5, 2011, by pro-Moammar ... place to report on the civil war and humanitarian crisis ...
The New York Times28d
Revolutions Swept the Middle East in 2011. Will Syria’s End Differently?
Elections were also held in Libya after the ouster of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi in 2011, but the country has been partitioned since civil war broke out three years later. In Yemen, the departure of ...
Hebdo Ahram27d
Libya’s central bank announces reunification after nearly a decade of division due to civil war
Libya was plunged into chaos after a NATO-backed uprising toppled longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi in 2011. The oil-rich North African country has been split between a U.N.-supported government ...