Libya Live Blog - April 11

Libya Live Blog - April 11

As the uprising in Libya continues, we update you with the latest developments from our correspondents, news agencies and citizens across the globe. Al Jazeera is not responsible for content derived from external sites.

• Timestamp: 

  11:43am

  Pro-Gaddafi forces have fired grenade rockets into the Libyan city of Misurata on Monday, and bombardment is still continuing - according to a rebel spokesman.

• Timestamp: 

  11:20am

  Representatives from the African Union have arrived in Benghazi in eastern Libya, with their roadmap to peace. They say Gaddafi has already accepted the proposal.

  
  However, opposition leaders say it will not work unless Gaddafi relinquishes power.
• Timestamp: 

  11:11am

  Rebels claim they have now re-taken control of Ajdabiya, however, it has come at a heavy price as many lives were lost in the city that has borne the brunt of the constantly shifting frontlines.

  
  Al Jazeera's Sue Turton reports on the "rebel breakthrough" in her report below:
  
   
• Timestamp: 

  10:31am

  NATO said on Monday it had taken note of reports of an African Union proposal for a ceasefire in Libya and that the military alliance welcomed all efforts to end the violence against civilians. 
  
  "We take note of reports of an African Union ceasefire proposal. Since the start of the Libyan crisis, NATO has been in constant touch with the African Union and other regional and international organisations," Oana Lungescu, a NATO spokeswoman, said in a statement.

  "We have always made it clear that there could be no purely military solution to this crisis. We welcome all contributions to the broad international effort aimed at stopping the violence against the civilian population in Libya," she said.

• Timestamp: 

  10:05am

  Al Jazeera's Laurence Lee, reporting from the opposition stronghold in Benghazi, said there is "clearly a question over what people think the motivation of the AU visit is."

  People are asking whether it is a "genuine attempt at conflict resolution" or whether it is "an attempt by people who have close economic and political ties to Gaddafi to try and shore up the appearance of legitimacy".
  
  

• Timestamp: 

  8:48am

  Recap:

  
  • Following a meeting in Tripoli, the African Union says the Libyan leader has accepted its peace plan, including an immediate ceasefire.

  
  • An AU official also said an exit strategy for Gaddafi was discussed but declined to give any details.

  
  • Later on Monday, the AU delegation is due to hold talks with leaders of the opposition forces in Benghazi.
  
   
• Timestamp: 

  8:30am

  Thousands of Libyans who have fled civil war in their homeland now live in limbo in neighbouring Egypt and Tunisia, worried about relatives left behind, struggling as money runs out and wondering if they will ever be able to go home. 
  
  Some 100,000 Libyans have crossed into neighbouring countries since fighting erupted between rebels and Gaddafi's forces nearly two months ago. Migration officials say much of that border traffic is routine and goes both ways. 
  
  However, hundreds of women and children in the past week fled to Tunisia by taking back roads through the Libyan desert, trying to avoid Gaddafi's men.
  
  East of Libya, instant communities of exiles have sprung up in the Egyptian port city of Alexandria and the coastal resort of Mersa Matrouh, where thousands have received aid and some 500 Libyan families found temporary refuge in vacant holiday apartments. 
  
  The exiles spend their days watching TV, hungry for news from home, and worrying.

  "Our psychological state has paralysed us," said Nasser Abdel Rahim, a chemical engineer and father of eight. "We really can't do anything."

• Timestamp: 

  8:26am

  There has been more than a month of fighting in Libya - and at last there appears to be some hope on the horizon. And it has come in the form of the African Union.
  
  Al Jazeera's Anita McNaught has more from Tripoli:
  
   

• Timestamp: 

  0:37am

  South African President Jacob Zuma said that the AU would be "making a call to NATO to cease the bombing... and give the ceasefire a chance".

• Timestamp: 

  0:21am

  Reporting from Tripoli, Al Jazeera's Anita McNaught speaks about mission creep already impacting on the willingness of foreign forces to play an ongoing peacekeeping role in the civil war.  

  Our correspondant questioned the ease of making any ceasefire work, in a situation where neither side has been telling the truth consistently.

  Outside monitors are needed, she says.

  Zuma might have expressed optimism about the African Union's truce proposal on Sunday night, she adds, but what action is the AU going to take to enforce any ceasefire? A necessary step if the next part in their five point plan is to be achieved...

• Timestamp: 

  12:02am

  Welcome to today's live blog! We'll keep you updated throughout the day with all the latest reports and developments from Libya. But if you feel there's something you may have missed - check out yesterday's blog by clicking here.