Libya: UN Human Rights Office Calls for Probe Into Gaddafi's Death
UN News, 21 October 2011
The United Nations human rights office today called for a probe into Muammar Qadhafi's death to determine whether he was killed during fighting or after his capture. Read more »
Libya: Evidence Points to Execution of Gaddafi, Says Rights Group
HRW, 22 October 2011
The National Transitional Council (NTC) in Libya should promptly open an independent and impartial investigation with international participation into the deaths of the former… Read more »
Libya: Residents Swarm to View Gaddafi's Corpse
RNW Africa, 22 October 2011
Seeing is believing. Libyans by the hundreds, rushed on Saturday to see the corpse of ex-leader Moamer Kadhafi who was captured and perhaps killed by new regime forces. Read more »
Libya: Gaddafi Should Have Been Captured - Zuma
SAPA, 21 October 2011
Slain former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi should not have been killed, but captured and tried at the International Criminal Court, President Jacob Zuma said on Friday. Read more »
Libya: UN, Amnesty Want Probe of Muammer Gaddafi's Death
This Day, 22 October 2011
While alive, late Libyan strongman, Muammar Gaddafi, was an extremely controversial figure. Almost 48 hours after his death, Gaddafi still remained controversial. Read more »
Libya: UN Orders Gaddafi Death Probe
The Herald, 22 October 2011
AS the world ponders a post-Muammar Gaddafi Libya, questions abound over how the former Libyan leader died. Read more »
Nigeria: UN to Probe Gaddafi's Death
Leadership, 22 October 2011
The burial of Muammar Gaddafi did not take place yesterday as earlier planned by the National Transition Council due to rising calls for probe into the circumstances of his brutal… Read more »
Nigeria: UN, Amnesty Want Death of Gaddafi Probed
The Moment, 22 October 2011
THE United Nations and Amnesty International have called for a probe into the killing of former Libyan leader, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, after he was captured on Thursday. Read more »
Africa: Disbelief and Celebration - Africans React to Gaddafi's Death
RNW Africa, 21 October 2011
News of Muammar Gaddafi's death following the fall of Sirte has sent shockwaves through the African continent. We ask three RNW Correspondents in Chad, Niger and Zimbabwe to… Read more »
Libya: Disquiet Grows Over Gaddafi Killing
RNW Africa, 21 October 2011
Disquiet grew on Friday over how ousted despot Moamer Kadhafi met his end after being taken alive, as Libya's new leaders faced huge pressure to proclaim liberation and launch the… Read more »
Libya: Tutu Condemns Gaddafi Killing
SAPA, 21 October 2011
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu condemned on Friday the killing of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, saying mob justice and violence should always be deplored. Read more »
Libya: Govt Urged to Investigate Whether Al-Gaddafi Death Was a War Crime
AI London, 21 October 2011
Amnesty International today urged the new Libyan authorities to ensure a full, independent and impartial investigation into how Colonel Mu'ammar al-Gaddafi died, saying if he was… Read more »
Libya: UN Rights Chief Calls for Probe Into Gaddafi's Killing
OHCHR, 21 October 2011
Notes for a media briefing by the spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Rupert Colville: Read more »
Libya: Gaddafi Caught in Sewage Pipe With Golden Gun
RNW Africa, 20 October 2011
Moamer Kadhafi, the "king of kings of Africa" who for eight months refused to surrender, was captured Thursday in a sewage pipe waving a golden gun near his hometown Sirte, Libyan… Read more »
A senior National Transitional Council official has said that deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has died of his wounds after being captured near ... see more »
Libya: Gaddafi Is Dead - What Next for Country?
New Times, 21 October 2011
The death of Libya's leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, yesterday, perhaps marks the end of the Arab Spring of Discontent that saw the fall of regimes in Algeria and Egypt, and push… Read more »
Libya: Nation's New Era - Lessons From Iraq
Chatham House, 21 October 2011
The similarities between the capture of Muammar Gaddafi in a drainage culvert in Sirte and the dragging of Saddam Hussein out of a hole in Tikrit are stark, but will Libya's… Read more »
Libya: Nation's New Era and UK Engagement
Chatham House, 21 October 2011
Libya's revolution has succeeded but now reconstruction begins. This means restoring normal life after bloody fighting, repairing physical damage, building a new government… Read more »
Libya: Gaddafi - End of an Eventful Era
Leadership, 21 October 2011
I was exactly four months old in the world when Colonel Mu'ammar al-Gaddafi came to power on September 1, 1969. With over 70 per cent of Libya's population being active, what this… Read more »
South Africa: Government Hopes for Peace in Libya
BuaNews, 21 October 2011
The South African government hopes that the latest events in Libya, which saw the death of its leader Muammar Gaddafi, will lead to a cessation of hostilities and the restoration… Read more »
Libya: Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar Al-Gaddafi - 1942-2011. the Man Who Would Be King of Kings
Daily Maverick, 21 October 2011
Brother leader, revolutionary guide, autocrat, colonel, dictator, mad dog; call Gaddafi what you will, he won't mind. He's dead. SIMON ALLISON looks at the unusual life of Libya's… Read more »
Nigeria: Gaddaffi's Fall and the Lessons From Dictatorship
Vanguard, 21 October 2011
THE tragic termination of 42 years of Moammar Gadhafi's dictatorial regime in Libya yesterday by the NATO army, for many watchers of the iron fisted era, was not only a relief to… Read more »
Africa: AU Lifts Suspension of Libya As Us, UN React
Daily Trust, 21 October 2011
The African Union said yesterday it had lifted its suspension of Libya's membership. Read more »
South Africa: Media Statement On the Death of the Former Libyan Leader, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi
Govt of SA, 20 October 2011
The South African Government has noted the latest developments in Sirte that culminated in the death of the former Libyan leader, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. Read more »
Libya: Gaddafi Killed As Sirte Falls
IPS, 20 October 2011
Muammar Gaddafi has been killed after National Transitional Council fighters overran loyalist defences in Sirte, the toppled Libyan leader's hometown and final stronghold. Read more »
Libya: Gaddafi Reported Dead But Risk of Split Remains
African Arguments, 20 October 2011
Rising risks of collateral damage to Sirte basin oil assets and contract revisions. Read more »
Libya: Gaddafi-Era Crimes Still On Hague Agenda
RNW Africa, 20 October 2011
"Gaddafi has met his fate" said a spokesman for Libya's National Transitional Council, confirming the death of the former dictator earlier today. Gaddafi died of wounds suffered as… Read more »
Libya: Libyans Must Come Together in Reconciliation
UN News, 20 October 2011
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on all sides in Libya to lay down their arms and work together peacefully to rebuild the North African nation amid reports that Colonel… Read more »
Libya: Gaddafi Killed!
The Moment, 20 October 2011
LIBYAN capital, Tripoli, erupted in celebration with wild jubilation, punching the air, singing, car horns blaring and celebratory gunshots in reaction to the news that Colonel… Read more »
Libya: Anti-Gaddafi Fighters Celebrate His Demise
Daily Maverick, 20 October 2011
Numerous reports indicate that former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi has been captured and possibly killed. After hours of speculation, this was confirmed by the National… Read more »
Libya: Wounded Gaddafi Captured in Hometown of Sirte - Report
RNW Africa, 20 October 2011
Moamer Kadhafi was captured as his hometown of Sirte was falling on Thursday, a National Transitional Council commander said, adding that the ousted Libyan strongman was badly … Read more »
Libya: Fierce Battle Under Way to Crush Last Gaddafi Holdout
RNW Africa, 20 October 2011
Anti-Kadhafi fighters launched an all-out assault against the ousted strongman's remaining holdouts, now pinned into a small corner of his hometown Sirte. Read more »
Libya: Fighters Raise Flag Over Gaddafi Desert Redoubt
RNW Africa, 18 October 2011
Libyan fighters have raised the new government's flag over the oasis of Bani Walid and hope for the swift fall of the other remaining redoubt of Moamer Kadhafi loyalists, Sirte. Read more »
Libya: Visits to 6,000 Detainees in and Around Tripoli
ICRC, 20 October 2011
In recent weeks, the ICRC has visited thousands of newly arrested people. It has evacuated almost 50 wounded patients from Sirte and delivered medical supplies to Bani Walid. Read more »
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