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Monocolumn
Wednesday 23 February
Time running out for Gaddafi’s regime
A single policeman stood guard at the door, a tourist waited patiently in the cold for a visa and a cleaner put the rubbish out.
Wednesday 23 February
A single policeman stood guard at the door, a tourist waited patiently in the cold for a visa and a cleaner put the rubbish out.
Tuesday 30 August
What do you do when an unpopular dictator comes a-knocking? With next-door-neighbour Algeria the only country in the Maghreb yet to recognise the authority of Libya’s Transitional National Council (TNC), it really was the…
Sunday 21 August
It’s not over yet. After the rebels’ jubilation in Tripoli’s Green Square last night, Muammar Gaddafi’s forces fought back this morning – tanks emerged from Bab al-Aziziya, the regime’s main command centre, firing at rebels…
Sunday 27 February
Muammar Gaddafi’s bloody crackdown against protesters challenging his 42-year rule has received sharp rebuke from world leaders.
Friday 2 April
When Kenneth Kaunda stepped down as president of Zambia in 1991 he did something no other African head of state had ever done before.
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