The release of £1bn of Libyan frozen assets is being held up at the UN by South African opposition.

South Africa's ANC-led government, past beneficiaries of millions of dollars in support from ousted Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi, is blocking efforts to unfreeze the money.
South African president Jacob Zuma says the Nato backed revolution has undermined the "African Union's efforts and initiatives to handle the situation in Libya".
But critics say his government is now in danger of being spectacularly on the wrong side of history. Britain has described its attitude as disappointing.
African Union efforts to 'handle the situation' have largely been ineffective.
African governments have tolerated Gaddafi's four decades of misrule in return for his patronage of pan-African causes.
Critics are pointing out the irony of a government that was brought to power by civil struggle and foreign support, apparently supporting a dictator deposed by an internationally backed popular revolution.
But ANC politicians have been famously loyal to former supporters. Nelson Mandela once called Chinese leader Li Peng one of his ‘idols’ despite his role in the Tiananmen Square massacre a role which earned him the nickname the 'Butcher of Beijing.'
South Africa is thought to be consulting with its African Union partners before considering its next move. British and American diplomats have been trying for days to persuade South Africa to shift its position.
Diplomatic sources tell Sky US diplomats will put the issue to a vote in the security council by four pm this afternoon if South Africa continues its opposition.
Such a vote will in all likelihood approve releasing the assets, but the process would say sources set a precedent unhelpful to future efforts to unfreeze urgently needed Libyan assets.

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