Tag: Gaddafi

Libya Celebrates Revolution First Anniversary, Rebels Refuse to Lay Down Arms

October 25, 2012

Libya celebrated on Tuesday the first anniversary of the revolution that put an end to Moammar Khaddafi’s decades long dictatorship but even so the country ... Read More

The EU and the ‘New Libya’: a Fresh Chance for Europe’s Normative Power ?

September 25, 2012

The relations between the EU and Gaddafi-ruled Libya saw two important turning points over the last decade before the dictator’s regime collapsed. Relations between the ... Read More

Former opposition figure elected Libya’s PM

September 13, 2012

Mustafa Abu Shagour, a technocrat and a leading member of Libya’s oldest opposition movement, was elected on Wednesday as the country’s new prime minister. Abu ... Read More

US ambassador killed in attack on consulate in Benghazi

September 12, 2012

The US ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, and three other embassy staff members were killed on Tuesday during an attack on the US consulate in ... Read More

Gaddafi’s former spy chief arrested, son’s trial postponed

September 11, 2012

The extradition last week of Gaddafi's former spy chief, Abdullah al-Senussi, from Mauritania to Libya has postponed the trial of ex-leader Muammar Gaddafi's son, Saif ... Read More