Libyan dictator and autocratic ruler, Moammar Gadhafi, the most wanted man in the world has been killed, Libyan Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril said today. Libya's Information Minister Mahmoud Shammam told the Associated Press that Gadhafi was in a convoy when he was attacked by rebels. The National Transition Council said Moammar Gadhafi is dead following a battle in Sirte, which finally fell to the rebels today after weeks of tough fighting.

Colonel Gadhafi, after seizing power in 1969, abolished the Libyan Constitution of 1951 and imposed laws based on the political ideology. In 2011 his government was overthrown by a NATO-backed rebel force in a civil war. During Gaddafi's period of rule many of Libya's human development indicators improved significantly. By 2010, Libya had the highest GDP per capita, Education Index, and Human Development Index in Africa as well as some of the best health indicators in the continent.

Moammar Gadhafi was born and maintained a stronghold of his supporters there, but word that he is dead sparked celebrations in most of the country.

 

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