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Muammar Gaddafi

April 2024

  • Retired police officer John Murray (second right) outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London in November 2021.

    Yvonne Fletcher: ex-colleague to bring private action against suspect in 1984 killing

    John Murray pursues case against former Gaddafi minister for alleged involvement in fatal shooting

September 2023

  • A survivor sits on the rubble of a destroyed building in Libya’s eastern city of Derna.

    How Libya’s floods hit the worst place at the worst time

  • A damaged vehicle stuck in debris after the floods caused by Storm Daniel ravaged Derna, Libya.

    The Guardian view on Libya’s floods: humans, not just nature, caused this disaster

May 2023

  • Nicolas Sarkozy, right, has been accused of seeking financing from the regime of then Libyan leaderMuammar Gaddafi, left.

    French prosecutors demand Sarkozy face trial over alleged Libya money

    Former president is accused of seeking millions of euros from Gaddafi to finance his 2007 campaign

December 2022

  • Tony Blair and Nelson Mandela outside 10 Downing Street in July 1997

    Blair government had misgivings about Mandela mediation role over Lockerbie

    Files show Downing Street felt former South African leader’s attempt to mediate was ‘unlikely to be helpful’
  • Abdullah al-Senussi in 2011.

    Revealed: Libya aborted plan to hand Gaddafi spy chief to US at last minute

    Extradition of Abdullah al-Senussi over Lockerbie bombing would have closely followed that of Mohammed Abouagela Masud
  • Lockerbie bombing suspect Abu Agila Mohammad Masud Kheir Al-Marimi appears in federal court in Washington<br>Abu Agila Mohammad Mas'ud Kheir Al-Marimi, also known as Mohammed Abouajela Masud, accused of making the bomb that blew up Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie in Scotland in 1988, is shown listening in this courtroom sketch drawn during an initial court appearance in U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S. December 12, 2022. REUTERS/Bill Hennessy NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. WASHINGTON AREA OUT. WASHINGTON POST OUT. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

    Abduction of Lockerbie bomb suspect ‘agreed with US three months ago’

    Mohammed Abouagela Masud was seized by notorious militia after discussions between US and Libyan officials

July 2022

  • Saif al-Islam Gaddafi in 2002, standing in front of a painting that features an image of his father, Muammar Gaddafi, in the top right hand corner.

    Saif Gaddafi: London life of former playboy who could lead Libya revealed

    A cache of emails and documents sheds light on the would-be ruler’s activities at a time when he was entering public life

March 2022

  • A composite photograph of items from Ian Black’s collection of political memorabilia

    The Guardian picture essay
    From a Thatcher nutcracker to a Trump toilet brush: my curious collection of political memorabilia

    As a foreign correspondent I used to report on dictators and democrats. Now I collect them

February 2022

  • Vladimir Putin with Emmanuel Macron at the Kremlin

    Putin’s massive table: powerplay or paranoia?

    Russia’s leader is using a five-metre table for one-on-one meetings, but is it just a super-cautious Covid measure?

November 2021

  • Saif al-Islam Gaddafi

    Muammar Gaddafi’s son disqualified from standing in Libya election

  • Ján Kubiš

    Libya: UN special envoy quits a month before presidential elections

  • John Murray (second from right) and protesters holding pictures of Fletcher, with banner reading "Justice for Yvonne"

    Gaddafi minister found jointly liable for 1984 killing of PC Yvonne Fletcher

  • Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi sitting at a desk

    Son of former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi runs for president

September 2021

  • Protests in Tripoli last week amid fears that elections will not go ahead as planned at the end of this year.

    Libya: credible elections – or another failed bid at nation-building?

  • Saadi Gaddafi, son of Muammar Gaddafi, sits behind bars during a hearing at a courtroom in Tripoli, Libya in 2016. Gaddafi has been released from jail, according to reports.

    Saadi Gaddafi, son of former Libya dictator Muammar Gaddafi, released from prison

June 2021

  • Libyan presidential candidate Fathi Bashagha

    UK and France to blame for chaos in Libya, says presidential hopeful

    Former Libyan interior minister Fathi Bashagha claims UK failing in moral responsibility after Europe-led regime change

January 2021

  • A Tunisian demonstrator holds a sign during a protest against the Islamist Ennahda movement in Tunis October 26, 2011.

    Arab spring: 10th anniversary
    The Guardian view on the Arab Spring, a decade on: a haunting legacy

    Editorial: High hopes in the region soon turned to exhaustion and despair. But the movement is not over

December 2020

  • From second left: Tunisia’s Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, Yemen’s Ali Abdullah Saleh, Libya’s leader Muammar Gaddafi and Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak pictured in 2010.

    Arab spring: 10th anniversary
    Arab spring autocrats: the dead, the ousted and those who remain

    What became of the strongmen whose rule sparked protest across the region

November 2020

  • Nicolas Sarkozy in mask

    Nicolas Sarkozy corruption trial: co-defendant wants Covid postponement

    Former French president is accused of corruption and influence peddling
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