Ministers should give the tax on assets once owned by Col Muammar Gaddafi to victims of IRA bombings that used Libyan-supplied explosives.

Nicolas Sarkozy began his five-year jail sentence on Tuesday, Oct. 21, at La Santé prison in Paris. The former President of France was pictured holding hands with his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy as he left their home to report to the jail.

The man known as the ‘hyper-president’ remains an influential figure in France, despite being plagued by legal troubles and allegations of corruption. Peter Popham looks at how the fiery right-winger

Hannibal Gaddafi, youngest son of Muammar Gaddafi, has been held for nearly a decade without trial in Lebanon.

Hannibal Gaddafi has been held in Lebanon for nearly a decade under pre-trial detention. Since his father Muammar was deposed in a 2011 revolt, the rest of the family has dispersed all over the world.

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has begun a five-year prison sentence for conspiring to secure campaign funds from Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi in 2007.

A judge on Friday ordered the release on bail of Hannibal Gaddafi, son of deposed Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi, after nearly a decade of pre-trial detention in Lebanon.

Thirteen Years After Muammar Gaddafi’s Fall, His Family’s Exile, Trials, and Uncertain Future Reflect Libya’s Ongoing Turmoil