Xan rice biography of rory

Xan Rice is a freelance writer based in Oxford. He was formerly the Guardian's East Africa correspondent

• South Sudan says 80,000 displaced by Omar al-Bashir's seizure of Abyei

• Libya: A donkey taunt, the Gaddafis and a fatal footballing rivalry

• 'Gaddafi is the terrorist man': Derna denies being al-Qaida hotbed

• Gaddafi targets relief ship as it evacuates Misrata wounded in Libya

• Libya rebels ask Nato for help as Gaddafi forces bombard Misrata

• Gaddafi's son killed in Nato air strike, say Libyan officials

• Muammar Gaddafi calls for ceasefire in Libyan TV address

• Libyan rebel forces reject Muammar Gaddafi's ceasefire offer

• Gaddafi troops captured in Tunisia while fighting intensifies in Misrata

• Libya: Heavy fighting erupts on outskirts of Misrata

• Radio Free Libya shakes up Gaddafi regime from Misrata

• Misrata rebel leader pleads for help to topple Gaddafi

• Libya: Rebels in Misrata