Colonel Moammar el Gadaffi

Burkina's government has seamlessly shifted from being a key pivot for Libya's regional activity under the late Colonel Moammar el Gadaffi (AC Vol 41 No 13 Godfather to the rebels) to playing a key role for Western governments...

It is allied with the Cyrenaica Transitional Council led by Ahmed Zubeir el Senoussi (80) great nephew of King Idris el Senoussi who led the country's brief 18-year monarchy until Colonel Moammar el Gadaffi overthrew it in 1969...

Libya's late Colonel Moammar el Gadaffi who was close to Compaoré also supported Taylor's operations with guns and money...

Political footballLibyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan blames the terrorism on officials from the late Colonel Moammar el Gadaffi's regime who were allowed to claim refuge in Niger...

That February with the help of the French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Libya’s Colonel Moammar el Gadaffi he defeated the rebellion led by Mahamat Nouri and Timan Erdimi...

He then fought with Mujahideen against the Russian army in Afghanistan before ending up back in Libya as a military trainer and bodyguard for the late Colonel Moammar el Gadaffi in Benghazi...

One brake on progress or at least confidence is the plan to audit some 10 000 contracts signed under the late Colonel Moammar el Gadaffi...

Planned increases in government spending on infrastructure and services will remain mired in an overloaded decision-making process which has atrophied to the point of incapacity thanks to decades of Colonel Moammar el Gadaffi’s patronage imperatives and his micro-management of contract awards...

The stalemate over UN involvement in Syria is due in part to China's acceptance of a United States-backed UN Security Council resolution that provided cover for the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation to intervene and support the rebels who overthrew Libya's Moammar el Gaddafi in 2011...

The fall of Libya’s Moammar el Gaddafi was a wake-up call both for Beijing and for Chinese companies operating in high-risk environments...