During World War II, as Allies and Axis forces clashed in North Africa, Charles de Gaulle’s government-in-exile Free France had already taken a keen interest in Libya. “In 1942, Libya was central to ...

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at the courthouse for his trial over alleged illegal financing of his 2007 ...

France’s highest court ... investigative judges were listening to wiretapped phone conversations during the Libya inquiry. Sarkozy’s latest trial is scheduled to run until April 10, with ...

Former President Nicolas Sarkozy is standing trial for allegedly having received illegal campaign financing from Libya's ...

Did Nicolas Sarkozy send two lawyers to Libya to find a way to lift the international arrest warrant of Abdullah al-Senoussi, who was sentenced in absentia by a French court to life imprisonment ...

Ali Baba's cave' - The Libya investigation began in 2011 when ... we've all been brought up with an idea around the greatness of France. "Corruption holds up a mirror up to France and people ...

Read more Subscribers only Sarkozy's trial: The full timeline of the Libyan campaign financing case Hortefeux, the local authorities minister at the time, had gone to Libya in 2005, for "a follow ...

In return, they said, it wanted economic deals, diplomatic recognition and possibly assistance from France in rescinding an arrest warrant against a top Libyan official. Mr. Sarkozy visited Libya ...

Accused of war crimes, he is now imprisoned in Libya. Sarkozy has been convicted in two other scandals — yet the Libyan case appears as the one most likely to significantly affect his legacy. France’s ...

Sarkozy said, describing his “pride” in that achievement. During Sarkozy’s visit to Tripoli the day after the release, France and Libya signed wide-ranging cooperation agreements in areas including ...

PARIS — Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy vigorously denounced a “plot” he said was staged by “liars and crooks” on Thursday at a Paris trial over the alleged illegal financing of ...