The prosecution claims that Thierry Herzog and Francis Szpiner were asked to look for a way of lifting the international arrest warrant for Abdallah al-Senoussi, convicted in 1999 for the bombing of UTA flight 772.

In 2005, then-minister Brice Hortefeux visited Tripoli, where he met Abdullah al-Senoussi, the man behind the 1989 UTA DC-10 bombing, which killed 170 people. An unplanned meeting, he said, denouncing a 'trap.

Former President Nicolas Sarkozy is standing trial for allegedly having received illegal campaign financing from Libya's ex-dictator Moammar Gadhafi. The case could show the strength of France's anti-corruption efforts.

Every day at the Paris court trying ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy over alleged corruption with Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, the journalists who helped uncover the extraordinary allegations are ...

The youngest son of former Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi claims he was pressured to retract allegations about his country's funding of Nicolas Sarkozy's 2007 presidential campaign. In an exclusive interview with RFI,

The RFI journalist first reached out to Saif al-Islam on January 6, the day Sarkozy went on trial in Paris over allegations he accepted money from Libya’s Gaddafi to finance his successful 2007 ...

Every day at the Paris court trying ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy over alleged corruption ... into a profitable independent news site. The Libya investigation began in 2011 when an individual ...

Every day at the Paris court trying ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy over alleged corruption with Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, the journalists who helped uncover the extraordinary allegations are following proceedings. Fabrice Arfi and Karl Laske have spent ...

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is on trial for allegedly having received illegal campaign financing from Libya's ex-dictator Moammar Gadhafi. The case could show the strength of France's anti-corruption efforts.

The State Department on Friday froze new funding for almost all US aid programs worldwide, making exceptions to allow humanitarian food programs and military aid to Israel and Egypt to continue.

Once seen as the respectable, media-friendly face of the Gaddafi regime, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the late Libyan dictator’s second son, has been an elusive figure since his father’s fall in 2011, held for years by a rebel group in a mountainous region southwest of Tripoli, before suddenly resurfacing to launch a short-lived presidential run.

Nicolas Sarkozy was questioned on Monday about his 2005 visit to Libya, which he described in detail to prove that it had been physically impossible for him to enter into a 'pact of corruption' with the Libyan leader.