Libya court approves Gaddafi candidate bid

By Angus McDowall
Updated December 3 2021 - 5:30am, first published 5:27am
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi has been reinstated as a presidential candidate in Libya.
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi has been reinstated as a presidential candidate in Libya.

A Libyan court has ruled that the son of the late leader Muammar Gaddafi could run for president, his lawyer says, as arguments intensified over the conduct of an election aimed at ending a decade of turmoil.