The rise and fall of Colonel Muamar Gadaffi
The rise and fall of Colonel Muamar Gadaffi
China's Hu says backs African plan to end Libyan crisis
Chinese President Hu Jintao told his South African counterpart, Jacob Zuma, on Thursday that China will work with the African Union in finding a solution to the Libyan crisis, state news agency Xinhua reported.
Turkey and the African Union have proposed separate road maps aimed at establishing a ceasefire and moving through stages from Muammar Gaddafi quitting power to a democratic transition. .
China said last Thursday it would skip last week's meeting in Turkey between Western powers, Arab governments and leaders of Libya's opposition National Transitional Council, saying that the way the group worked needed "further study". .
"South Africa and the African Union have played an important role in pushing a political solution for the Libyan issue, which shows the resolve of African countries to 'use an African method to solve an African issue,'" Hu told Zuma.
"China greatly appreciates this, and is willing to continue remaining in close touch and coordinate closely with South Africa and the African Union on the Libya issue."
Hu also told Zuma that China calls for an immediate ceasefire and a solution to the Libyan crisis "through dialogue and consultations", Xinhua reported.
China's Hu says backs African plan to end Libyan crisis | News by Country | Reuters
Chinese President Hu Jintao told his South African counterpart, Jacob Zuma, on Thursday that China will work with the African Union in finding a solution to the Libyan crisis, state news agency Xinhua reported.
Turkey and the African Union have proposed separate road maps aimed at establishing a ceasefire and moving through stages from Muammar Gaddafi quitting power to a democratic transition. .
China said last Thursday it would skip last week's meeting in Turkey between Western powers, Arab governments and leaders of Libya's opposition National Transitional Council, saying that the way the group worked needed "further study". .
"South Africa and the African Union have played an important role in pushing a political solution for the Libyan issue, which shows the resolve of African countries to 'use an African method to solve an African issue,'" Hu told Zuma.
"China greatly appreciates this, and is willing to continue remaining in close touch and coordinate closely with South Africa and the African Union on the Libya issue."
Hu also told Zuma that China calls for an immediate ceasefire and a solution to the Libyan crisis "through dialogue and consultations", Xinhua reported.
China's Hu says backs African plan to end Libyan crisis | News by Country | Reuters
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[h=1]Libya talks could see ousted Muammar Gaddafi stay in country[/h] US and France signal Muammar Gaddafi could stay in Libya after stepping down, as UN envoy prepares to return to Tripoli
- Ian Black, Middle East editor
- guardian.co.uk, Thursday 21 July 2011 21.02 BST Article history
Muammar Gaddafi in April. Photograph: Mohamed Messara/EPA
Terms under which Muammar Gaddafi could leave power are being explored by the UN envoy on Libya as the US, France and other countries signal that he could stay in the country after stepping down.
Abdul-Elah al-Khatib of Jordan, the UN special representative, is due to return to the Libyan capital, Tripoli, and the rebel stronghold of Benghazi next week for talks with both the regime and opposition about a political solution to end the crisis.
Diplomats said on Thursday that Khatib was going back to work on the issue of "sequencing" the linked issues of Gaddafi surrendering power, a ceasefire and talks on a political transition. Last week the international contact group on Libya authorised Khatib to discuss terms. "Gaddafi must leave power according to a defined framework to be publicly announced," it said. That framework is being quietly assembled.
Britain's formal position is that Gaddafi should face justice at the international criminal court, which has accused him of crimes against humanity dating back to the start of the uprising in February. Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam and intelligence chief, Abdullah Senussi, are also wanted.
Khatib, a former Jordanian foreign minister, is keeping a low profile, but some Nato governments are less reticent and say he senses a greater readiness in Tripoli to listen to his proposals. Libya denies there is any discussion of Gaddafi's departure.
France's foreign minister, Alain Juppé, said on Wednesday that Gaddafi could stay in Libya if he stood down. "One of the scenarios effectively envisaged is that he stays in Libya on one condition which I repeat – that he very clearly steps aside from Libyan political life," Juppé told LCI TV. "A ceasefire depends on Gaddafi committing clearly and formally to surrender his military and civilian roles."
The latest US position is that it is "up to the Libyan people to decide" whether he could stay in the country.
Italy's foreign minster, Franco Frattini, said on Thursday that Rome would back any decision by the Libyan people for an "internal solution" to Gaddafi's relinquishing power.
The idea that Gaddafi could remain in Libya after stepping down reflects a growing consensus that it would be hard to remove him from Tripoli without large-scale bloodshed – and impatience to conclude the Nato military action.
Saad Djebbar, a London-based international lawyer who has advised the Libyan regime, said that any plan for Gaddafi's departure would have to be based on two pillars: the first would be for him to leave power but be permitted to stay in Libya while talks take place on a transition – "a face-saving solution so it will not look as if he has been pushed out".
The second pillar, Djebbar said, would have to be immunity from prosecution for Gaddafi and his family - by an amendment to the UN security council resolution calling for an investigation by the ICC. That position appears to be backed by Russia.
Nato governments are careful to stress that any such deal would have to be agreed by the rebel National Transitional Council, which is based in Benghazi. But Guma Elgumaty, its London representative, dismissed the idea that Gaddafi could remain in Libya. "It has no merit and no chance of succeeding," he insisted. "Gaddafi will either leave Libya or be killed."
US officials met Gaddafi representatives in Tunisia last Saturday to press the Libyan leader to end the fighting.
A senior Obama administration official said: "The message was simple and unambiguous - Gaddafi must leave power so that a new political process can begin that reflects the will and aspirations of the Libyan people."
Libya's Gaddafi rules out talks
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi ruled out on Thursday talks with the rebels seeking to end his 41-year-rule, casting doubt on a flurry of Western efforts to negotiate an end to a deepening civil conflict.
"There will be no talks between me and them until Judgment Day," Gaddafi told a crowd of thousands of his supporters in his home city of Sirte in a remotely delivered audio message. "They need to talk with the Libyan people ... and they will respond to them."
The rally in the quiet seaside city drew men wearing green hats, women waving flags and children whose faces were painted with pro-Gaddafi slogans.
Their vociferous support for Gaddafi -- and rebel declarations earlier that the war could not be ended through talks -- showed how far Libya may be from a negotiated end to its five-month-old conflict.
Foreign diplomatic efforts to find a solution have intensified as the fighting drags on. China said it would work with the African Union, which has proposed a plan seen as less hostile to the Libyan leader than a Western plan that insists on his stepping down.
Libya's Gaddafi rules out talks | Top News | Reuters
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi ruled out on Thursday talks with the rebels seeking to end his 41-year-rule, casting doubt on a flurry of Western efforts to negotiate an end to a deepening civil conflict.
"There will be no talks between me and them until Judgment Day," Gaddafi told a crowd of thousands of his supporters in his home city of Sirte in a remotely delivered audio message. "They need to talk with the Libyan people ... and they will respond to them."
The rally in the quiet seaside city drew men wearing green hats, women waving flags and children whose faces were painted with pro-Gaddafi slogans.
Their vociferous support for Gaddafi -- and rebel declarations earlier that the war could not be ended through talks -- showed how far Libya may be from a negotiated end to its five-month-old conflict.
Foreign diplomatic efforts to find a solution have intensified as the fighting drags on. China said it would work with the African Union, which has proposed a plan seen as less hostile to the Libyan leader than a Western plan that insists on his stepping down.
Libya's Gaddafi rules out talks | Top News | Reuters
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Published on 22 Jul 2011
Gaddafi aide severely wounded in rocket attack
A National Transitional Council (NTC) official said today that a member of Muammar Gaddafi's inner circle had been seriously wounded by a rocket attack on a room in Tripoli where senior Gaddafi officials were meeting.
Ali Essawi, in charge of foreign affairs for the NTC fighting Gaddafi, said one of the Gaddafi's sons, Saif al-Islam, Prime Minister al-Baghdadi Ali Al-Mahmoudi, intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi and an official named Mansour Daw were in the room at the time of the attack yesterday.
Daw is a former bodyguard of Gaddafi who is a close aide.
"Yesterday there was a very strong signal in Tripoli - that there was an attack (on) an operations room where there were senior and high, top-level officials including Saif al-Islam, al-Baghdadi Mahmoudi, Abdullah Senussi and Mansour, who (was) severely injured," Essawi told a news conference in Rome.
"We confirm this."
He did not say how he knew of the attack in the Gaddafi-held Libyan capital or who was behind it. Officials of Gaddafi's government were not immediately available for comment.
Italy's Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, who held talks with Essawi before they addressed reporters together, later said it was not clear which official had been seriously wounded, but that it was "probably" Daw.
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Gaddafi aide severely wounded in rocket attack
A National Transitional Council (NTC) official said today that a member of Muammar Gaddafi's inner circle had been seriously wounded by a rocket attack on a room in Tripoli where senior Gaddafi officials were meeting.
Ali Essawi, in charge of foreign affairs for the NTC fighting Gaddafi, said one of the Gaddafi's sons, Saif al-Islam, Prime Minister al-Baghdadi Ali Al-Mahmoudi, intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi and an official named Mansour Daw were in the room at the time of the attack yesterday.
Daw is a former bodyguard of Gaddafi who is a close aide.
"Yesterday there was a very strong signal in Tripoli - that there was an attack (on) an operations room where there were senior and high, top-level officials including Saif al-Islam, al-Baghdadi Mahmoudi, Abdullah Senussi and Mansour, who (was) severely injured," Essawi told a news conference in Rome.
"We confirm this."
He did not say how he knew of the attack in the Gaddafi-held Libyan capital or who was behind it. Officials of Gaddafi's government were not immediately available for comment.
Italy's Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, who held talks with Essawi before they addressed reporters together, later said it was not clear which official had been seriously wounded, but that it was "probably" Daw.
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jmushi1
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I really hate this aggression.It is totally unacceptable.Absolutelly unneccessary and uncalled for and definetly unwarranted .Ndiyo ujinga wa mwafrika huo.Yako wapi hayo ya civilian protection?Sasa imekuwa civilian nightmare ambayo hata hawajui when it will end.So sad.The world aint fair.
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Vita ya Libya na Nato wakishirikiana na waasi inaonekana imeishakuwa ngumu, Gadaffi kweli ni mtu wa shoka
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Gaddafi criticises Egyptian, Tunisian revolutions
Sun Jul 24, 2011 8:05am GMT
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi criticised on Saturday the popular uprising in neighbouring Egypt that forced Hosni Mubarak from power this year as the Libyan leader battles rebels who have claimed swathes of the country.
Gaddafi, who has stayed in power despite four months of NATO-led air strikes and a rebel campaign against his 41-year rule, questioned the value of the popular movements in Egypt, and in Libya's western neighbour, Tunisia.
"Why did you undertake the revolution? Answer me, why did you undertake the revolution?" Gaddafi said in an audio address to Egyptians on the anniversary of the 1952 coup that ended Egypt's monarchy and paved the way for the late Gamal Abdel Nasser to take power.
"Tunisia and Egypt, what did you accomplish with these revolutions? Substitution of one government regime for another?" asked Gaddafi, who came to power in a 1969 coup inspired by Nasser's pan-Arab ideals.
"After you looted, destroyed and damaged the country, you want a new president?"
Gaddafi defended Mubarak, hospitalised since April and due to stand trial on charges of abuse of power and killing protestors, and suggested Egyptians had been hasty in pushing him from power without a clear alternative.
Scores of people were injured in Cairo on Saturday when thousands of demonstrators fought opponents with stones on their march to the Defence Ministry to urge their military rulers to speed up reforms.
"Hosni Mubarak should be honoured -- it would have even been better if he had remained president of Egypt," Gaddafi said.
Sun Jul 24, 2011 8:05am GMT
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi criticised on Saturday the popular uprising in neighbouring Egypt that forced Hosni Mubarak from power this year as the Libyan leader battles rebels who have claimed swathes of the country.
Gaddafi, who has stayed in power despite four months of NATO-led air strikes and a rebel campaign against his 41-year rule, questioned the value of the popular movements in Egypt, and in Libya's western neighbour, Tunisia.
"Why did you undertake the revolution? Answer me, why did you undertake the revolution?" Gaddafi said in an audio address to Egyptians on the anniversary of the 1952 coup that ended Egypt's monarchy and paved the way for the late Gamal Abdel Nasser to take power.
"Tunisia and Egypt, what did you accomplish with these revolutions? Substitution of one government regime for another?" asked Gaddafi, who came to power in a 1969 coup inspired by Nasser's pan-Arab ideals.
"After you looted, destroyed and damaged the country, you want a new president?"
Gaddafi defended Mubarak, hospitalised since April and due to stand trial on charges of abuse of power and killing protestors, and suggested Egyptians had been hasty in pushing him from power without a clear alternative.
Scores of people were injured in Cairo on Saturday when thousands of demonstrators fought opponents with stones on their march to the Defence Ministry to urge their military rulers to speed up reforms.
"Hosni Mubarak should be honoured -- it would have even been better if he had remained president of Egypt," Gaddafi said.
Germany will lend Libya's rebel council 100 million euros ($143 million) for civil and humanitarian purposes, Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said on Sunday.
"People are suffering more and more from this (shortages), particularly in eastern Libya," said Westerwelle.
The loan could be paid back from frozen Gaddafi assets once the United Nations Security council releases them to a new Libyan government, Westerwelle said.
Germany grants 100 mln eur loan to Libya rebels | News by Country | Reuters
"People are suffering more and more from this (shortages), particularly in eastern Libya," said Westerwelle.
The loan could be paid back from frozen Gaddafi assets once the United Nations Security council releases them to a new Libyan government, Westerwelle said.
Germany grants 100 mln eur loan to Libya rebels | News by Country | Reuters
Rungu
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If this was the case then they would have been punished since the days of slavery. Unfortunately it does not happen so!
MpigaKura
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Si jambo la kushangaza kwa mtu yeyote anayefatilia swala la libya...and UK should have done it earlier kwakuwa ni moja katika members wa NATO sasa haiingii akilini kumtandika Gaddafi and same time diplomats wake waendelee kumwakilisha.
However, am still predicting that it will be solved through talks.
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dah nimechewela kuipata habari hii.
Ila naiahidi nafsi yangu inshaalah kesho ni lazima nile mrungi wa kutosha kwa kujipongeza...
Ila naiahidi nafsi yangu inshaalah kesho ni lazima nile mrungi wa kutosha kwa kujipongeza...
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[h=1]Libyan rebel forces leader shot dead[/h] Rebel security arrest head of group behind killing of Gaddafi defector Abdel Fatah Younis and his two aides
- Associated Press
- guardian.co.uk, Thursday 28 July 2011 22.22 BST Article history
Libyan rebel forces leader Abdel Fatah Younis has been shot dead by gunmen alongside two aides. Photograph: Georges Gobet/AFP/Getty Images
The head of the Libyan rebel's armed forces and two of his aides have been killed by gunmen, the head of the rebel leadership has said.
The death of Abdel Fatah Younis was announced at a press conference in the rebel capital, Benghazi, by the head of the rebels' National Transitional Council, Mustafa Abdul Jalil. He told reporters that rebel security had arrested the head of the group behind the killing.
Rebel security had earlier summoned Younis for questioning about suspicions his family still had ties to Muammar Gaddafi's regime.
Younis was Gaddafi's interior minister before defecting to the rebels early in the uprising.
Abdul Jalil said Younis had been summoned for questioning regarding "a military matter". He said Younis and his two aides were shot before they arrived for questioning.
Abdul Jalil called Younis "one of the heroes of the 17th of February revolution", a name marking the date of early protests against Gaddafi's regime.
While he criticised Gaddafi for seeking to break the unity of rebel forces, he did not say directly that Younis's killers were associated with the regime. Instead, he issued a stiff warning about "armed groups" in rebel-held cities, saying they needed to join the fight against Gaddafi or risk being arrested by security forces.