Gaddafi Family Flees Libya - Reports

The former ruling family have apparently scattered in several directions. Libya's opposition fighters are seeking the return from Algeria of Muammar al-Gaddafi's wife and three children, while hunting down the longtime leader.

  • Africa:   Why Sons of Dictators Are Politically Doomed

    Monitor, 3 September 2011

    Last year, as President Laurent Gbagbo of Ivory Coast was falling in such slow motion that you could have thought he was standing still on a diagonal, Ben Ali of Tunisia suddenly… Read more »

  • Libya:   The Last Days of Gaddafi

    Independent (Kampala), 3 September 2011

    The endgame in the Libyan conflict has at last arrived. Much of Libya's capital is now in insurgent hands, with the rebel army itself entering from all directions. Read more »

  • Kenya:   Gaddafi Family Still Has Rights

    The Star, 1 September 2011

    THE endgame is now being played out in Libya. The rebels are outside Sirte, the last main city in loyalist hands. Col Gadaffi's spokesman is now saying that he is willing to… Read more »

  • Libya:   Opposition Fighters Seek Return of Gaddafi Kin in Algeria

    RNW Africa, 30 August 2011

    Libya's rebels were on Tuesday seeking the return from Algeria of Moamer Kadhafi's wife and three children, while hunting down the longtime Libyan strongman and closing in on his… Read more »

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