Protesters in Libya storm television and radio stations
CAIRO, Feb 21, 2011 (AFP) – Protesters in the Libyan capital Tripoli sacked state broadcast offices and set branches of the People’s Committees that are the mainstay of the regime ablaze overnight, witnesses told AFP on Monday. ”The headquarters of Al-Jamahiriya Two television and Al-Shababia radio have been sacked,” one witness told AFP by telephone on [...]
Deadly crackdown on protesters by regime in Libya as 80 people are slaughtered
CAIRO, February 19, 2011 (AFP) – Security forces have killed more than 80 anti-regime protesters in unrest-swept eastern Libya, Human Rights Watch said on Saturday, after Tripoli pledged to crush opposition. On the fifth day of an unprecedented challenge to his four-decade regime, Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi had still made no public comment although he reportedly [...]
Security forces gun-down 24 protesters in Libya
CAIRO, February 18, 2011 (AFP) – A “day of anger” against Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi turned into a bloodbath when security forces gunned down at least 24 people in two of the country’s biggest cities, Human Rights Watch said Friday. In a detailed account of the unrest in Benghazi and Al-Baida, the New York-based organisation — [...]
“Day of anger” as protesters prepare to march on the streets of Libya
TRIPOLI, February 17, 2011 (AFP) – At least four people were killed in clashes with Libyan security forces, opposition websites and NGOs said on Thursday, as the country faced a nationwide “Day of Anger” called by cyber-activists. The websites and a Libyan rights group based in London said the clashes with demonstrators opposed to the regime [...]
Gaddafi still wants a United States of Africa
Muammar Gaddafi has a dream. He wants to see a united states of Africa. But it seems a lot of African leaders have not been able to grasp the ideology behind the Libyan leader’s call. At the just concluded African Union summit in Kampala, Uganda, Gaddafi said his dream of a United States of Africa [...]
