Ex-head of Libya’s anti-Qaddafi revolt dies of coronavirus

Mahmud Jibril, the former head of Libya's Transitional council during the country's uprising, died of the coronavirus on April 5, 2020. (AFP/File)

• Jibril, 68, died in Cairo where he had been hospitalized for two weeks

TRIPOLI: Mahmud Jibril, the former head of the rebel government that overthrew Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi in 2011, died Sunday of the coronavirus, his party said.
Jibril, 68, died in Cairo where he had been hospitalized for two weeks, said Khaled Al-Mrimi, secretary of the Alliance of National Forces party founded by Jibril in 2012.