Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC) pledged a new interim government in ten days, as Muammar Gaddafi’s son has fled to neighboring Niger and fight intensified in leader’s remaining bastions.

Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC) pledged a new interim government in ten days, as Muammar Gaddafi’s son has fled to neighboring Niger and fight intensified in leader’s remaining bastions.

Deputy Head of NTC, Mahmoud Jibril, said in Libyan capital, Tripoli, on Sunday that a new transitional government would be formed soon.
"A new government will be formed within one week to ten days," he said.
Rebel forces “are still in the process of liberating Libya, and revolutionary combatant are still on the fronts," Jibril said, adding that another government will be formed once "Libya is liberated."

SAADI FOUND
Meanwhile, a Niger government spokesman said that Gaddafi’s son, Saadi, has fled to the country.
"Today, September 11, a patrol of the Nigerien armed forces intercepted a convoy in which was found one of Gaddafi's sons”, Marou Amadou said on Sunday, adding “it was Saadi Gaddafi”.

 "At this moment the convoy is en route to Agadez (northern Niger). The convoy could arrive in Niamey between now and (Monday),” Amadou, who is also Niger's justice minister said.
Saadi, 38, the third of Kadhafi's seven sons had last month voiced his readiness to surrender if “my surrender stops the spilling of blood”.

On Friday, Niger vowed to respect international commitments if wanted Libyans entered its territory, and confirmed that three Gaddafi-era generals, including his air force chief, Al-Rifi Ali Al-Sharif, had arrived in Agadez.
Niamey has denied that Gaddaffi himself was on its soil.

FIERCE BATTLES
On the other hand, NTC fighters on Sunday clashed with Gaddafi forces at Bani Walid, southeast of Tripoli, and moved closer to the Mediterranean city of Sirte, the toppled autocrat's hometown.
 In Bali Walid, 180 kilometers from Tripoli, fighters were ambushed and at least three were killed and othe 15 were wounded, AFP news agency reported.

 Forces loyal to Libya's new rulers have gathered there awaiting the final signal from their commanders to storm the oasis town.

NTC HEAD IN TRIPOLI

For his part, NTC interim leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil on Saturday gave the green light to attack Bani Walid, Sirte and Sabha, saying that the deadline which was set to Gaddafi forces to surrender had expired.
Abdel Jalil arrived on Saturday to a red-carpet welcome at Tripoli's Metiga military base where he was mobbed by hundreds of supporters.
 The visit was his first to Tripoli since his forces seized the city last month.

Relations are particularly strained between Tripoli and the second-largest city Benghazi, which was the rebels' wartime base; and the third-largest city Misrata, which endured a prolonged siege by Gaddafi forces.
Anti-Gaddafi fighters in Misrata have started to challenge NTC authority, refusing to turn over abandoned tanks as requested by interim leaders.