Topic: Benghazi

Libya grappling with discontent

Many expected the transitional government to move quickly to check the economic decline caused by civil war . . The perceived inability of Libya's...
Up to 3,000 Lib yans demonstrated Friday in the eastern city of Benghazi, demanding that sharia be the source of the North African country's future ...

Wrangling over division of power

Lack of trust among fractious stakeholders fuels violence in transition to democracy. Behind Libya's flare-up of violence and protests in the past...

Gadhafi loyalists seize city, raise concerns

Moammar Gadhafi loyalists seized control of a Libyan mountain city in the most serious challenge to the central government since the strongman's...

Libyans must focus on building nation

Steps have to be undertaken based on democracy and the rule of the law. . Libya is at a critical stage. It is one that will define its future and...

Impatience Could Ruin Revolution

Angry Libyans can't believe that four months after Gaddafi's fall, so much of his autocratic system remains in place. Shouldn't everything be...

Benghazi ceremony honours fighters

Libya's National Transitional Council holds a ceremony to honour anti-Gaddafi fighters in a bid to drum up numbers for the national army and...

Cold comfort for black Libyans in Benghazi

Black Libyan refugees are suffering shortages of food and medicine at a camp in Benghazi. Deborah Lutterbeck reports. . "Cold comfort for black...

Benghazi ready to open Libya's stock market

Libya's stock market will be ready to resume trading in about one month, says the head of the Benghazi exchange branch. Deborah Lutterbeck...
Messing with Muammar's stuff:. . Here's a little film of a rebel with Old Mo's golden gun. Here's some of the lads riding in his golf buggy. Here's...