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What it is like to be Hakim Bello, A refugee in the Mediterranean
As Hakim Bello left Nigeria, the hope of a first-class life abroad, drowned out the cacophony of doubts piercingly sounding in his head. But the tragedy of hope is, it is not a science. He lef...Published: 03 Dec 2017 at 07:33hrs | | by Tafi Mhaka
Arrest me - Mujuru dares Mugabe on assassination claims
Former Vice-President Joice Mujuru has challenged President Robert Mugabe to arrest her if she plotted to murder him the " Laurent Kabila" style.Kabila, then president of the Democ...Published: 24 Nov 2015 at 06:10hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Factionalism: Dirtying youths with sins of our fathers
The politburo, which is Zanu-PF's apex decision making organ, has made selections within its ranks for people to assume the task of ripping the scourge of factionalism and also ensuring adeq...Published: 03 Nov 2014 at 17:20hrs | | by Zisunko Ndlovu
Heavily armed gunmen storm Libyan parliament
Heavily armed gunmen loyal to a renegade Libyan general stormed parliament on Sunday demanding its suspension and a handover of power to purge the North African country of Islamist militants.S...Published: 19 May 2014 at 15:48hrs | | by Reuters
Gaddafi’s wife demands return of hubby's body
Tripoli - The widow of ousted Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi has urged the United Nations and the European Union to help her recover the remains of her husband and their son Mutassim.In a let...Published: 21 Oct 2013 at 16:35hrs | 1 | by AFP
Gunmen attack church in Libya
Gunmen attacked an Egyptian Coptic church in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, assaulting two priests, the official LANA news agency quoted the foreign ministry as saying on Sunday.The...Published: 04 Mar 2013 at 21:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC: Building a war psychosis
In the early eighties I had a friend who worked in the security establishment. He was in charge of VIP protection. One day he was tasked to ensure a VVIP was transported to Kushinga-Pikhelela, transpo...Published: 16 Jun 2012 at 11:47hrs | 1 | by Nathaniel Manheru
Rival Libyan militias clash south of Tripoli
Tripoli - Rival Libyan militias clashed on Sunday south of Tripoli, sources told AFP, raising fresh security concerns with the war-torn North African country still emerging from a bloody conflict....Published: 16 Jan 2012 at 05:13hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Will Gaddafi's family settle in Zimbabwe?
While the burial of Muammar Gaddafi at an unidentified desert location early Tuesday 25/10/11 might bring closure after unease in the West over the display of his decomposing body in Misratah, the r...Published: 26 Oct 2011 at 06:40hrs | | by Clifford Chitupa Mashiri | Political Analyst, London
Secret desert grave for Gaddafi's burial
Misrata - Ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi will be buried on Tuesday in a secret desert grave, a National Transitional Council official said, ending a wrangle over his rotting corpse that led many...Published: 25 Oct 2011 at 04:58hrs | 2 | by -
Muammar Gaddafi's decomposing body still on show
Misrata - Libyans filed past Muammar Gaddafi's decomposing body for a fourth day on Monday, to see for themselves that the dictator was dead, while talks dragged on among emerging local factions over ...Published: 24 Oct 2011 at 14:00hrs | | by -
How was Gaddafi going to retreat
behind the deep, yawning sea, above which hovered ferocious NATO air power?As I write this piece, Gaddafi has been executed by the so-called revolution...Published: 24 Oct 2011 at 06:34hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
Muammar Gaddafi's tribe demand body for burial
Cairo - The tribe of slain Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi urged on Saturday the National Transitional Council to hand over his body to to be buried in their hometown of Sirte according to Islamic rule...Published: 22 Oct 2011 at 21:19hrs | 11 | by -
United Nations orders Gaddafi death investigations
AS the world ponders a post-Muammar Gaddafi Libya, questions abound over how the former Libyan leader died. The United Nations, his widow and other world leaders have since called for an inves...Published: 22 Oct 2011 at 07:37hrs | 1 | by -
Gaddafi burial latest
The burial of Muammar Gaddafi has been delayed for a few days until Libya's new rulers decide where to bury him, the oil minister said on Friday, but another transition government official said there...Published: 21 Oct 2011 at 08:37hrs | | by -
Father kills teenage daughters raped by Gaddafi soldiers
A father slit the throats of his three teenage daughters in an "honour killing" after they were raped by Gaddafi loyalists during the siege of the port city of Misrata.The father is said to ha...Published: 31 Aug 2011 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gaddafi's regime is in the process of collapse: Ex-army colonel
Misrata - An imprisoned Libyan army colonel who surrendered to the rebel forces two months ago told AFP on Saturday that Muammar Gaddafi's regime is riven with division and in the process of collapse....Published: 13 Aug 2011 at 15:39hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Powerful blasts rock Libya's capital
Benghazi - Several powerful blasts rocked Libya's capital on Tuesday, as the executive branch of Libya's rebel government was sacked in a political crisis a week after their military chief's assassin...Published: 09 Aug 2011 at 09:51hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Nato kills Muammar Gaddafi's son
Benghazi - Libya's rebel forces on Friday said an overnight night Nato strike on an operations centre in the western town of Zliten has killed Muammar Gaddafi’s son Khamis, and more...Published: 05 Aug 2011 at 08:03hrs | | by Sapa
Britain to send more warplanes to Libya
Britain said on Friday it will send four more Tornado warplanes to support the NATO mission in Libya, in addition to the 12 already deployed."These are the aircraft which are particularly well...Published: 15 Jul 2011 at 08:18hrs | | by Reuters
Gaddafi vows to defeat the NATO: Libyan State TV
Defiant Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi vowed to defeat the NATO alliance's attempt to oust him from power, according to a audio speech of his aired by state-run Libyan TV on Friday evening."Thi...Published: 17 Jun 2011 at 23:06hrs | | by Matthews Estell
Libyan rebels are now 50km from Gaddafi's hideout
TRIPOLI. Rebels fought forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi for a second day in the town of Zawiyah yesterday, bringing the revolt against his rule to within a few kilometres of the capital....Published: 13 Jun 2011 at 05:08hrs | | by Reuters
Libyan minister considering joining opposition
Libya's oil minister confirmed Wednesday that he's defected and said he's considering signing up with the opposition movement.The announcement, another blow to the Moammar Gadhafi regime, come...Published: 02 Jun 2011 at 21:17hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Zuma in Libya for talks with Gaddafi, 'exit strategy'
President Jacob Zuma was expected in Tripoli on Monday for talks that officials said will focus on an "exit strategy" for Muammar Gaddafi, as Libyan rebels applauded a G8 call for the strongman to go....Published: 06 Jun 2011 at 12:54hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Gaddafi forces bombs large fuel storage tanks
TRIPOLI: Libyan government forces bombed large fuel storage tanks in the contested western city of Misrata, destroying the tanks and sparking a huge fire, rebels said today.The bombardment ca...Published: 07 May 2011 at 17:28hrs | 1 | by Moyo Roy
CIA chief says Gadhafi alive after hit on house
TRIPOLI, Libya – The CIA chief says he believes Moammar Gadhafi is still alive, despite a NATO airstrike that reduced much of the Libyan leader's family compound to rubble.Ga...Published: 04 May 2011 at 08:10hrs | | by AP
Gaddafi's second youngest son buried
Tripoli, Libya - Libyans shouting for revenge have buried Muammar Gaddafi's second youngest son to the thundering sound of anti-aircraft fire, as South Africa ...Published: 03 May 2011 at 12:00hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Death of Saif Al-Arab Gaddafi may backfire for Nato
The death of Saif al-Arab Gaddafi, if confirmed, is likely to have come as a consequence of Nato's increasingly aggressive tactics, undertaken by the alliance to shake up a stalemate in the conflict....Published: 01 May 2011 at 15:41hrs | | by Shashank Joshi | Associate fellow, Royal United Services Institute
$25 million US tax payers' money to be given to Libyan rebels
President Barack Obama plans to provide Libya's rebels with up to $25 million in urgent, non-lethal aid, a senior US diplomat told lawmakers in a letter obtained by AFP.The message from Actin...Published: 21 Apr 2011 at 10:11hrs | | by Byo24News
Oscar-nominated war photographer killed in Libya
An Oscar-nominated war photographer and film director has been killed in the besieged city of Misrata while covering battles between rebels and Libyan government forces.Three other Western pho...Published: 20 Apr 2011 at 19:55hrs | | by Matthews Estell
Gaddafi forces bombard Ajdabiya, Misrata
Ajdabiya - Regime forces bombarded rebels west of Ajdabiya, forcing hundreds of residents and some fighters to flee the key crossroads town, as a refugee rescue...Published: 18 Apr 2011 at 06:47hrs | | by Matthews Estell
Gaddafi accepts cease-fire, rebels say he must go
Muammar Gaddafi accepted an African Union plan to end the Libyan civil war but rebels said on Monday there could be no deal unless he leaves power, and there was no sign of a let-up in the fight...Published: 11 Apr 2011 at 09:51hrs | 1 | by Reuters
Zuma calls for a ceasefire, NATO to continue with air strikes in Libya
A NATO official said on Monday that NATO will continue to target Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces as long as they continue to threaten civilians.South African President Jacob Zuma has ...Published: 11 Apr 2011 at 08:30hrs | | by Matthews Estell
Only impeachment can guarantee Mugabe a dignified exit
It is said a week is a long time in politics. This has indeed been an eventful week especially in Africa. For instance, nobody thought that the Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi would ever write US...Published: 07 Apr 2011 at 08:05hrs | 1 | by Clifford Chitupa Mashiri
Is Obama already arming Libyan rebels
US President Barack Obama has said he does not rule out arming the rebels seeking to overthrow Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.He said in an interview that Col Ga...Published: 30 Mar 2011 at 08:18hrs | | by Byo24News
West acting like 'vampires' who are after Libya's oil: Mugabe
The Libya no-fly coalition carried out its third day of bombings on Libya's air defences as debate over the strategy caused splits among the coalition members, within NATO and even within the lea...Published: 22 Mar 2011 at 07:45hrs | | by Byo24News
Western forces launch attacks on Libya
Benghazi - Western forces hit targets along the Libyan coast on Saturday, using strikes from air and sea to force Muammar Gaddafi's troops to cease fire and en...Published: 19 Mar 2011 at 19:27hrs | | by Byo24NEWS
Libya Threatens To Attack Mediterranean Planes and Ships
Aljazeera English reports on the eruption of delight in Benghazi at the announcement Thursday evening New York time that the UN Security Council had authorized a no-fly zone over Libya and the taking...Published: 18 Mar 2011 at 06:33hrs | | by Byo24News
Gaddafi's stronghold 'about' to fall!
"The people want the fall of the regime," a crowd of several hundred people in Zawiyah chanted, using the same slogan that has echoed across the Arab world in protests against long-standing authoritar...Published: 27 Feb 2011 at 18:01hrs | | by Ndou Paul
UN Security Council slams Gaddafi with travel ban, asset freeze
The UN Security Council unanimously imposed travel and asset sanctions on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and close aides, ratcheting up pressure on him to quit before any more blood is shed in a popul...Published: 27 Feb 2011 at 09:06hrs | | by Matthews Estell
Gaddafi turns to special military unit and mercenaries allegedly from Zimbabwe
Col Muammar Gaddafi has turned to a special military unit controlled by his son and mercenaries allegedly from Zimbabwe to aid his battle against protesters seeking his resignation. Units of Gadda...Published: 25 Feb 2011 at 08:08hrs | | by ASSOCIATED PRESS
Libyan uprising a 'foreign plot': Gaddafi's son
Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi's son warns the country faces a bloody civil war if protesters refuse to accept reform offers, in a speech broadcast as gunfire rang out in the capital....Published: 21 Feb 2011 at 05:59hrs | | by Byo24News
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