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UN chief urges all sides to restore calm in aftermath of deadly attack on southern airbase

UN chief urges all sides to restore calm in aftermath of deadly attack on southern airbase

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres is deeply concerned about the military escalation at the Brak al-Shati air base in southern Libya and calls on all parties to exercise restraint and restore calm, the UN chief’s spokesman said today. “[The Secretary-General] is particularly disturbed by the high number of fatalities as well as reports of summary […]

First Lady Grace Mugabe Wealth Exposed: Mansions, Farms, Overseas Villas

First Lady Grace Mugabe Wealth Exposed: Mansions, Farms, Overseas Villas

FIRST Lady Grace Mugabe’s empire built with the help of her husband President Robert Mugabe is fast taking shape, with her new mansion in Mazowe nearing completion at a time she is pushing hard to seize the nearby Manzou farm to set up a private game park at the expense of thousands of villagers who […]

Egypt’s former president Hosni Mubarak freed, six years after overthrow

Egypt’s former president Hosni Mubarak freed, six years after overthrow

Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president overthrown in 2011 and the first leader to face trial after the Arab Spring uprisings that swept the region, was freed on Friday after six years in detention, his lawyer said. The 88-year-old was cleared of the final murder charges against him this month, after facing trial in a litany […]

What Did President Obama Do for Africa?

What Did President Obama Do for Africa?

When Obama visited Africa for the first time as America’s President in July 2009, he gave an eloquent speech to the Ghanaian House of Representatives in Accra. For me, unlike most Africans who had hoped for material presents and aid from his administration, his legacy is wholly in that address. It has been seven, perhaps […]

Muammar Gaddafi ‘gave Nicolas Sarkozy €50m for 2007 presidential campaign’

Muammar Gaddafi ‘gave Nicolas Sarkozy €50m for 2007 presidential campaign’

A French-Lebanese businessman has publicly repeated claims that the former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi gave €50m (£43m) to fund Nicolas Sarkozy’s successful 2007 campaign for the French presidency. In a film published on the investigative news website Mediapart, Ziad Takieddine, who introduced Sarkozy to Gaddafi, insists he handed over cases stuffed with cash to the […]

Libyans miss life under Muammar Gaddafi

Libyans miss life under Muammar Gaddafi

Five years after an uprising killed Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi, residents in the chaos-wracked country’s capital joke they have grown to miss the longtime dictator as the frustrations of daily life mount. Those living in the capital say they are exhausted by power cuts, price hikes and a lack of cash flow as rival authorities and […]

A Video Of Gaddafi’s Son Being Tortured In Prison Has Been Leaked

A Video Of Gaddafi’s Son Being Tortured In Prison Has Been Leaked

A video appearing to show the torture of the playboy son of former Libyan dictator Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has emerged. It is believed the footage shows the tyrant’s third son, Saadi Gaddafi, being hit in the face and on the soles of his feet while blindfolded in a prison in Libya. US-based Human Rights Watch […]

Robert Mugabe revives Muammar Gaddafi’s United States of Africa dream

Robert Mugabe revives Muammar Gaddafi’s United States of Africa dream

Zimbabwean president claims a continental bloc united under one figurehead is needed to move Africa into global superleague. The muscular display of power and pageantry at the inauguration in Washington may be watched by envious eyes around the world. Not least among those who yearn to build another USA – the United States of Africa […]

Muammar Gaddafi’s Son, Saif Gaddafi Sentenced To Death For Crimes Against Humanity

Muammar Gaddafi’s Son, Saif Gaddafi Sentenced To Death For Crimes Against Humanity

Saif Gaddafi is being held in the southern town of Zintan by a rebel group who opposes the government in Tripoli. The Zintani rebels say that they would not execute him or hand him over to the court.On Tuesday, the son of former dictator Colonel Muammar Gaddafi was sentenced to death by a court in […]

Muammar Gaddafi’s Last Speech – Arab leaders Laugh

Muammar Gaddafi’s Last Speech – Arab leaders Laugh

In the name of Allah, the…beneficent, the merciful… For 40 years, or was it longer, I can’t remember, I did all I could to give people houses, hospitals, schools, and when they were hungry, I gave them food. I even made Benghazi into farmland from the desert, I stood up to attacks from that cowboy […]

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