Col Gaddafi's children 'flee Algeria Aisha Gaddafi is said to have grown increasingly frustrated with the restrictions on her communications imposed by the Algerian regime. The family recently hired Tunisian lawyer Bashir al-Said to represent their campaign for an International Criminal Court investigation into Col Gaddafi's death. But the Algerians disrupted Miss Gaddafi's discussions with her legal team, fearing she is engaged in political activities, something they have banned. The final straw, however, was a deal between the Algerians and Libyan officials to allow Gaddafi's widow to return to Libya as a free woman. Safia, the former nurse who became Gaddafi's second wife and mother of all but one of this children, was not a central player in the regime. The new Libyan government had no objection to her return to her hometown of Baida. A family fixer with access to its financial funds visited Niger to arrange a reunion of the Gaddafi children in recent weeks, a London-based businessman close to the associate told the Daily Telegraph. The effort began after Mourad Medelci, the Algerian foreign minister, visited Tripoli earlier this year and promised to exercise tight control over the family. A heavily guarded 'gilded cage" was made available to house Aisha, her brothers, their wives and children and some servants just outside Algiers since last year. A spokesman for the Niger government in Niamey was not available to comment. Saadi Gaddafi had been able to host parties at Niamey restaurants until the government was embarrassed by reports of his relative freedom, causing a row with Libya. Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, Col Gaddafi's heir apparent and the most important surviving member of the regime, is in Libyan custody and awaiting trial.