Libya

Colonel Gaddafi's Son Saadi Granted Asylum In Niger

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 12.01.2012 | UK

Colonel Gaddafi's son Saadi has been granted asylum by Niger on humanitarian grounds, the country's president has confirmed. Saadi escaped over the...

How Dr Amna Tillisi is Taking Medical Aid to Libya

Helena Williams | Posted 08.01.2012 | Home
Helena Williams

The first female gynaecologist on the ground, Tillisi helped establish an obstetrician clinic for women within just 48 hours of being there - and explains the dire need the camp was in for an authoritative woman's presence in the camp.

PHOTOS: HMS Liverpool Returns From Libya

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 07.01.2012 | UK Politics

HMS Liverpool has returned home from the campaign in Libya The Royal Navy Destroyer has spent seven months on deployment to support Operation Unifi...

Egyptian Elections are Looming but the Revolution Rages on...

Bel Trew | Posted 02.01.2012 | UK Politics
Bel Trew

On Sunday, Alaa was detained by the military for supposedly 'stealing military weapons' and 'inciting violence' at Maspero, just days after he spoke at Occupy Oakland in America. Today is Maikel Nabil's 73rd day of hunger strike - he is an activist who was imprisoned for writing a blog entitled: 'The people and the army were never one hand'.

An Ethical Foreign Policy Doesn't Have to end in Tripoli

Maurice Michaels | Posted 01.01.2012 | UK
Maurice Michaels

Last month Russia and China vetoed a United Nations resolution that was mildly critical of the Syrian regime's violent suppression of internal dissent...

Arab Spring?

Peter Martindale | Posted 23.12.2011 | UK Politics
Peter Martindale

As Autumn nears, and the so-called Arab Spring has achieved nothing more than bloodshed, resentment and instability, the West should stop its shameful support of bloody revolution.

Priceless Libyan Treasures Including 7,000 Ancient Coins Stolen From Bank Vault

The Huffington Post UK | Olivia Williams | Posted 31.12.2011 | UK

A priceless collection of more than 7,000 ancient coins and other irreplaceable artefacts have been found missing from a bank vault in the eastern Lib...

Nato Ends Mission In Libya After Seven Months

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 31.12.2011 | UK

Nato will end its mission in Libya at midnight on 31 October after almost exactly seven months upholding a no-fly zone and naval blockade over the cou...

NTC Official: Gaddafi's Killer Will Be Prosecuted When Caught

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 30.12.2011 | UK

The person responsible for the death of former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi will be prosecuted, Libya's interim government has said. Abdel Hafiz...

Anthony Giddens: I Don't Regret Meeting Gaddafi

The Huffington Post UK | Dina Rickman | Posted 28.12.2011 | UK Politics

Anthony Giddens wants to talk about climate change, or as he sees it, the “unparalleled danger in world history”, but there’s something we need ...

Libya and the Uncertainty of Post-Revolutionary Life

Eliot Rothwell | Posted 27.12.2011 | UK
Eliot Rothwell

Revolutions are complicated things. Whether Libyan, Russian, French or the altogether different phenomenon of the industrial revolution, they - by def...

Libya-The Original Position

Matt Hicks | Posted 24.12.2011 | UK
Matt Hicks

A lot has happened for Libya this week. Arguably, the most fulfilled revolution of the Arab Spring came to a gruesome conclusion in the popularly broa...

After the Fall of three Arab Dictators - What Next?

Lord Weidenfeld of Chelsea | Posted 27.12.2011 | UK
Lord Weidenfeld of Chelsea

The first three versions of regime change during the Arab Spring -- unhindered escape of the Tunisian President, imprisonment and criminal proceedings in Egypt and mob law in Libya -- have created a momentum that will be hard to stall.

Libya: Building Democracy

Ranj Alaaldin | Posted 26.12.2011 | UK
Ranj Alaaldin

On Sunday Libya was finally announced as liberated and free from the shackles of dictatorship. Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and his tyrannical 42-year old ...

Saif Gaddafi 'Offers To Surrender'

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 26.12.2011 | UK

Colonel Gaddafi's fugitive son Saif al-Islam has offered to hand himself in to the International Criminal Court, it has been reported. Saif has bee...

'Concerning' Level Of Arms At Large After Libya Conflict, Says Minister

The Huffington Post UK | Chris Wimpress | Posted 26.12.2011 | UK Politics

The government has confirmed that the conflict in Libya has led to the mass dispersal of weaponry around the country, with possible implications for s...

Gaddafi Buried In Secret Desert Location, Libyan Officials Say

Huffington Post UK | Posted 24.12.2011 | UK

Colonel Gaddafi has been buried at an undisclosed location in the Libyan desert, five days after he was killed near his hometown of Sirte. Accordin...

Story Telling - Showing Gaddafi Pictures Online

Bel Trew | Posted 24.12.2011 | UK
Bel Trew

To me, if pictures of a tortured dead dictator should be anywhere it should be on social media, where we congregate and talk about it. How else can we tell our side of the story?

The Dark Shadow of Tyranny

Tom Stevenson | Posted 24.12.2011 | UK
Tom Stevenson

Tyranny, tyranny, tyranny. It seems to echo from every direction like old church bells. Newspapers headline it, broadcasters auto-cue it, and party-goers celebrate the end of it - and they are right to. In his statement on Muammar al-Gaddafi's killing, Barack Obama said "the dark shadow of tyranny has been lifted". Now there's a sound-bite.

Human Rights Groups Demand Answers After 53 Pro-Gaddafi Supporters 'Executed'

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 24.12.2011 | UK

Human rights activists are calling for an immediate investigation after 53 pro-Gaddafi fighters were apparently executed in a hotel in Sirte. The b...

Hammond: Gaddafi's Death Has 'Stained' Libya's Reputation

Huffington Post UK | Dina Rickman | Posted 23.12.2011 | UK Politics

Libyans held a rally in Benghazi to celebrate their freedom on Sunday - four days after Colonel Gaddafi was killed. Interim leader and National Tran...

Sunday Roundup

Carla Buzasi | Posted 22.12.2011 | UK
Carla Buzasi

After watching Occupy Wall Street from afar since mid-September (and being kept up-to-date on Twitter thanks to HuffPost US senior editor Craig Kannelly's constant stream of tweets), last weekend saw the protest move to London. We had editors there throughout the week (Business Editor Pete Guest even turning photographer for us while on the scene), but unsurprisingly many of our bloggers had opinions to share on the topic, too.

Calls For Gaddafi Post-Mortem Go Unheeded

Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 22.12.2011 | UK

Military commanders in Misurata have refused to bow to pressure from Gaddafi's relatives who have demanded a post-mortem on the dead dictator. The ...

Gaddafi Killed: Former Leader's Body On Display In Misrata As Burial Delayed

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 22.12.2011 | UK

A post-mortem examination of Colonel Gaddafi's body is expected to be carried out on Saturday amid continuing discussion about how the former Libyan l...

Nato To End 'Remarkably Successful' Libya Mission By End Of October

The Huffington Post UK | Ned Simons | Posted 21.12.2011 | UK

Nato will wrap up its military operation in Libya by the end of October, the Western alliance's secretary general has said. Anders Fogh Rasmussen t...