Libya withdraws notes bearing Gaddafi image

The central bank of Libya has said it is withdrawing from circulation the 50-dinar note which bears the picture of slain dictator Muammar Gadaffi wearing tinted glasses, according to RTÉ News.

The bank's governor Al-Seddiq Omar al-Kabir told reporters that Libyans have until 15 March to hand the note in to banks, and the bills will in turn be forwarded to the central bank.

The bank will also gradually withdraw the 20-dinar and one-dinar notes.

"The one- and 20-dinar notes will be phased out because these images remind the Libyans of the time of the dictatorship," the media manager of the central bank, Issam Buajila, told AFP.