Banners and graffiti depicting the red-black-and-green Libyan flag, banned by Qaddafi for 42 years because of its association with the deposed King Idris, now adorn every building in sight.

It is here that the all-green Libyan flag is reported to have been torn down in favour of the red, black and green tricolor of the Senussi monarchy that held power in Libya prior to Col.Gaddafi’s coup ...