TRIPOLI (Reuters) - A Libyan judge on Saturday fined one of two Swiss businessmen whose convictions for breaking immigration rules have already strained diplomatic links between Libya and Switzerland, their lawyer said. The cases of Max Goeldi and Rachid Hamdani have also unsettled some of the foreign investors who flocked to Libya after the oil producer emerged from international isolation. "The ...

ZURICH (Reuters) - A Libyan court has cleared Swiss businessman Rachid Hamdani of illegally being in the North African country, his lawyer and a spokesman for the Swiss foreign ministry said on Sunday. Hamdani's case, along with that of countryman Max Goeldi, head of Libya operations for Swiss-Swedish engineering firm ABB, caused a diplomatic row between Libya and Switzerland. It ...

Malawi's president has been elected as leader of the African Union, a position held by the eccentric dictator Moammar Gadhafi of Libya for the last year. Malawi's President Bingu wa Mutharika was selected by the continental body at its annual summit Sunday. The chairmanship ...

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, failing in his bid to stay on as chairman of the African Union for another year, said on Sunday the pan-African grouping wasted time while failing to meet global challenges. On the first day of a summit in Addis Ababa, Malawi's President Bingu wa Mutharika was selected to succeed Gaddafi, even though ...