The head of Libya's National Transitional Council, Mustafa Abdel Jalil, said Monday he expects the national assembly election to be delayed. He did not specify a new date for the elections, which were originally schedule for June 18.
Moroccan fishermen oppose a deal which could force them to compete with European boats in their own back yard. French firm Amesys is accused of helping the Gaddafi regime spy on Libyan civilians. More than a year after the Tunisian revolution, the race is on to lure tourists back to the former holiday-makers’ hotspot.
Soon to finish his mandate as the first chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Luis-Moreno Ocampo sat down with France 24 in The Hague to talk about the prosecution of Mohammad Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam, the forthcoming trial of former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo and, more broadly, about how the court has in just a few years made a huge impact on world affairs.
French firm Amesys on Tuesday denied being complicit in torture in Libya, following the opening of a French judicial probe into the firm's activities in Libya under Muammar Gaddafi. The enquiry will also investigate the possibility of war crimes.
The Tunisian Justice Minister said Tuesday that former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's Prime Minister, Al Baghdadi Ali Al-Mahmoudi (photo), will be extradited to Libya. However, it was made clear "guarantees" are sought to ensure a fair trial.
A document claiming that late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi had agreed to donate €50 million to French President Nicolas Sarkozy's 2007 campaign is a fake, the head of Libya's National Transitional Council said Wednesday.
Paris prosecutors opened an inquiry Monday into President Nicolas Sarkozy's claim that a document allegedly proving he received 2007 campaign funding from deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is a forgery.
Nicolas Sarkozy said Monday that he will sue the French investigative website Mediapart for publishing a document that it says proved deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi agreed to fund his 2007 election campaign with a 50 million euro cheque.
This was the weekend the subjects the candidates thought they had got rid of made a comeback in the French election campaign - Dominique Strauss-Kahn, and the financing of Sarkozy's 2007 campaign.
Former Libyan oil minister Shukri Ghanem (pictured), whose body was found in the Danube river on Sunday morning, died from drowning, an autopsy revealed Monday. Ghanem defected from Muammar Gaddafi's regime in June last year.
