In 2005, then-minister Brice Hortefeux visited Tripoli, where he met Abdullah al-Senoussi, the man behind the 1989 UTA DC-10 ...

Son of former autocrat says ex-French president was paid $5m in exchange for political favours, as French court tries 12 over ...

Muammar Gaddafi’s former heir apparent has told FRANCE 24’s sister radio RFI that he was personally involved in giving ...

Nicolas Sarkozy was questioned on Monday about his 2005 visit to Libya, which he described in detail to prove that it had ...

Former French president Nicholas Sarkozy went on trial January 6 for allegedly accepting some €50 million from late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to fund his successful 2007 presidential bid .

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy went on trial this week accused of accepting millions of euros in illegal funding ...

The former leader of Libya, with whom Nicolas Sarkozy is accused of having forged a 'corruption pact,' was known for his ...

France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy has gone on trial over allegations of having received millions from Libya's former dictator Moammar Gaddafi to finance his 2007 presidential campaign.

The case also involves Gaddafi’s former chief of staff and treasurer, Bashir Saleh, who sought refuge in France during the Libyan civil war and then moved to South Africa, where he survived a shooting ...

France’s former president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants have gone on trial over the alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign by the government of then-Libyan leader ...

Sarkozy has denied any wrongdoing (AP) The case emerged in March 2011, when a Libyan news agency reported that the Gaddafi government had financed Sarkozy’s 2007 campaign. In an interview ...