… This is where Muammar Gaddafi’s memory is difficult to ignore. Gaddafi was not a simple figure. …
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Muammar Gaddafi
Also known as: Colonel Muammar Gaddafi · Col Muammar Gaddafi
Former Libyan leader whose 2011 overthrow marked a turning point for Libya's governance and foreign relations.
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- May 2026
… Katjiua, on the other hand, was coronated at a glamorous ceremony last year, which featured an imported gold-plated throne and a sword purportedly given to the late Ovaherero paramount chief and Nudo president, Kuama Riruako, by former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. …
Struggle for Ovaherero throne continues- April 2026
… Libya was ruled autocratically for four decades by Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, who oversaw a brutal regime while also providing Libyans with subsided housing, free education and free healthcare. …
Burkina Faso must ‘forget' about democracy, military leader Traoré says- February 2026
TRIPOLI – Libya granted oil exploration and production licences on Wednesday to several foreign energy companies, including giants Chevron and BP, for the first time since the fall of longtime leader Muammar Gaddafi. …
Libya grants first foreign oil licences since GaddafiSaif al-Islam Gaddafi (53), son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has allegedly been killed in the west of the North African country, his political advisor Abdullah Othman and his lawyer Khaled el-Zaydi confirmed his death yesterday. …
No more…Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of Libya’s former leader Col Muammar Gaddafi, has reportedly been shot dead. …
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of ex-Libyan leader, reportedly shot dead- November 2025
Hannibal Gaddafi, the youngest son of the deposed Libyan dictator, Muammar Gaddafi, has been released by Lebanon after nearly 10 years in detention without trial. …
Gaddafi's youngest son released after 10 years in Lebanese detention- October 2025
… We have notable leaders across our continent who have embraced their traditional names: from Namibia’s Andimba Toivo ya Toivo and Hage Geingob, to Kwame Nkrumah and Muammar Gaddafi, among others. …
What’s in a Name? Reclaiming Africa’s SoulNicolas Sarkozy has become the first French ex-president to go to jail, as he starts a five-year sentence for conspiring to fund his election campaign with money from late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. …
French ex-president Sarkozy goes to jail for campaign finance conspiracy- July 2024
… The Guardian reported last year that the Caribbean state of Dominica has sold citizenship to thousands of individuals, including a former Afghan spymaster, a Turkish millionaire convicted of fraud, and a former Libyan colonel under Muammar Gaddafi, the first detailed examination …
Rich foreigners eye Namibian farms
Opinion
Africa's crisis rooted in weak institutions, not foreign interests alone
The News
An opinion piece argues that while foreign powers do pursue their interests in Africa, the deeper problem is Africa's lack of disciplined structures, weak institutions, and fragmented leadership that allow resources to be negotiated away, and that Africa must stop waiting for rescue and instead build order.
19 May 2026 · The Namibian →
Yesterday
Africa's crisis rooted in weak institutions, not foreign interests alone
An opinion piece argues that while foreign powers do pursue their interests in Africa, the deeper problem is Africa's lack of disciplined structures, weak institutions, and fragmented leadership that allow resources to be negotiated away, and that Africa must stop waiting for rescue and instead build order.
19 May 2026 · The Namibian →
Monday 18 May
Ovaherero paramount chief dispute remains unresolved in court
Four years after being brought to the High Court in 2022, the battle over the Paramount Chief position of the Ovaherero remains unsettled. Ovitoto chief Vipuira Kapuuo, chairman of the Ovaherero Traditional Authority's Chiefs' Council, contends that customary law dictates the council chairman becomes acting paramount chief upon the death of the incumbent; he is seeking a court order to declare himself acting paramount chief and to nullify a December 2021 meeting where academic Mutjinde Katjiua was elected paramount chief.
18 May 2026 · New Era →
Friday 3 April
Burkina Faso military leader rejects democracy, extends autocratic rule
Captain Ibrahim Traoré, who seized power in a 2021 coup, declared that democracy "kills" and said Burkina Faso must abandon it in favour of an unspecified alternative approach. The junta leader, who broke a pledge to restore elections by July 2024, has dissolved political parties, suppressed dissent, and extended his rule for five additional years.
3 April 2026 · The Namibian →
Friday 13 February
Libya awards first foreign oil licences since Gaddafi's fall
Libya granted oil exploration and production licences to foreign energy companies including Chevron and BP on Wednesday, marking the first such awards since Muammar Gaddafi's 2011 overthrow, though only five of 20 blocks offered received bids. Analysts attributed the limited response to concerns over Libya's political division and security risks.
13 February 2026 · New Era →
Wednesday 4 February
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi reported killed in Libya
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has allegedly been killed in western Libya, according to his political advisor and lawyer. Circumstances around his death remain unclear.
4 February 2026 · New Era →
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of Libya's former leader, reportedly killed
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the 53-year-old son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has reportedly been shot dead at his home in Zintan, according to his political team's head, though conflicting reports suggest he may have died near Algeria's border. He was once considered his father's heir apparent and played a key role in Libya's rapprochement with the West before the regime's collapse in 2011.
4 February 2026 · The Namibian →