08:27 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nHuge explosions have rocked the Libyan capital, Tripoli, during a series of air strikes by low-flying Nato jets.<\/p>\n
Some of the blasts appeared to strike close to the compound of Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi.<\/p>\n
The attacks came as diplomatic pressure mounts on Col Gaddafi to step down.<\/p>\n
The head of the African Union Panel for Libya, Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, said his departure had become necessary to end the conflict.<\/p>\n
Russia and China, meanwhile, despatched for the first time top diplomats to the rebel stronghold of Benghazi in an attempt to mediate an end to the four-month-long conflict.<\/p>\n
“We have come to Benghazi to facilitate dialogue between the two camps,” Russia’s Africa envoy, Mikhail Margelov, said.<\/p>\n
At the same time, Libya’s Foreign Minister Abdul-Ati al-Obeidi flew to Beijing for talks in what analysts describe as an attempt to regain diplomatic support on the international stage.<\/p>\n
Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev recently said the Libyan leader had lost legitimacy and should step down – echoing the views of most Western powers.<\/p>\n
‘Departure necessary’<\/span><\/p>\nMost African leaders have, until now, have remained quiet on Col Gaddafi’s future.<\/p>\n
But the Mauritanian leader, tasked with leading Africa’s mediation efforts, has now said Col Gaddafi should go.<\/p>\n
“Whatever happens, there will be a negotiated solution. In any case, Gaddafi can no longer lead Libya. His departure has become necessary,” he told the AFP news agency.<\/p>\n
Nato started air strikes in March, after the UN Security Council passed a resolution backing military force to protect civilians in Libya.<\/p>\n
Col Gaddafi had threatened to wipe out Libya’s second city of Benghazi, after it was seized by his opponents.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
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