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Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi speaks during a ceremony to mark the 40th anniversary of the evacuation of the American military bases in the country, in Tripoli

Gaddafi’s legacy

Gaddafi’s legacy

On the anniversary of his assassination, a look at what the Gaddafi era has delivered for Libya and the region

Firefox_Screenshot_2021-09-15T09-11-43.628Z © Muammar Gaddafi at his residence in Bab el-Aziziya, Tripoli, on 10 April 2011. MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP
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Court matters

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Premium badgeLibya: Will Gaddafi’s billions soon be unfrozen? The last round of the dispute between the Kuwaiti group Al Kharafi and the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) played out on 14 September before the Cou...
Firefox_Screenshot_2021-09-02T10-58-23.159Z © Seif al-Islam, after he was captured in Obari, Libya, on 9 November 2011. REUTERS/Ammar El-Darwish
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"Back to the Future" with Gaddafi

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Premium badgeLibya: Seif al-Islam Gaddafi, in the name of the father Libya’s Seif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of the former Jamahiriya “Guide” Muammar Gaddafi, gave an interview to the “New York Times.” In it, he openly talke...
Firefox_Screenshot_2021-07-06T11-12-30.479Z Muammar Gaddafi in Lisbon, 2007 © Suzanne Plunkett/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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Treasure hunt

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Premium badgeLibya: On the hunt for Gaddafi’s lost treasure Tunisia’s Erik Goaied is a mysterious businessman who is well known in Tripoli and Pretoria. This eclectic adventurer is also the main person trying t...
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hard to ghost

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Premium badgeLibya: How Colonel Gaddafi continues to haunt the living The Guide’s shadow hangs over several ongoing legal cases, not to mention the persistent instability in the Sahel region.
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eye on the ball

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Libya: When Muammar Gaddafi played political football Colonel Muammar Gaddafi didn’t like football, but he knew how to use it to his advantage to try to enhance his country’s image as 2000 approached.
Libya’s leader Gaddafi attends a celebration of the 40th anniversary of his coming to power in Tripoli
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lost guide

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Premium badgeOn this day: 20 October 2011, Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi is killed Ten years after his death, conspiracy theories are flourishing about the former Libyan leader. A look back at the last days of the man who had proclai...
Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar gestures as he speaks during Independence Day celebrations in Benghazi
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Taking an active role

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Premium badgeUS steps up support for Libya polls, as Haftar suffers from new tactics The US is stepping up its support for elections in Libya while the country’s presidential hopefuls battle it out in Washington.
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