News that shaped 2011

Gaddafi's death

The 2011 Libya conflict which began in February ended with the capture and killing of former dictator Muammar Gaddafi. It all began with peaceful protests, in a similar fashion to the other North African countries that took part in the Arab Spring, before growing into a full-blown civil war.

Gaddafi loyalists and rebel forces battled one another from towns to cities. With Nato forces intervening to help the rebel resistance and

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Gaddafi's death

The 2011 Libya conflict which began in February ended with the capture and killing of former dictator Muammar Gaddafi. It all began with peaceful protests, in a similar fashion to the other North African countries that took part in the Arab Spring, before growing into a full-blown civil war.

Gaddafi loyalists and rebel forces battled one another from towns to cities. With Nato forces intervening to help the rebel resistance and liberate Libya, the National Transitional Council was formed to act as the ‘political face of the revolution’.

By August it was clear that Gaddafi – who had gone into hiding – was losing to rebel forces on both Libya's battlefields and in the diplomatic struggle. Rebel forces had claimed Gaddafi’s compound in Tripoli – as seen by photographs of rebels sprawled across his bed and riding around his famous golf buggy.

In October, as news broke that Colonel Gaddafi was wanted for war crimes, rebels caught up with the former dictator in Sirte ending the tyrant's 42-year reign over Libya.

The NTC confirmed that fighters had shot Colonel Gaddafi dead, with shocking footage of his last moments later emerging. It was believed he was captured as he tried to flee in a convoy that was attacked by NATO.

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