Britain sent Foreign Secretary William Hague to Mogadishu and appointed an ambassador to Somalia for the first time in two decades on Thursday, signaling London's intention to help make a push to address the country's long-running conflict. Mr. Hague's visit comes ahead of a major conference in London aimed at finding ways to contain the threat...
WASHINGTON -- With Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi showing no signs, so far, of yielding to Western demands, diplomats from the United States, Britain and France have adopted a new tactic in recent days: offering the besieged leader the opportunity to remain in Libya if he dissolves the government and steps aside. But the offer, conveyed by American...
TRIPOLI, Libya -- As NATO airplanes and attack helicopters struck fresh targets in Tripoli and the oil port of Brega on Sunday, senior British and American officials said there was no way of knowing how long it might take for the rebellion against Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi -- already in its fourth month, and the third month of NATO airstrikes -- to...