 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi waGunyana 1, 1969, Muammar Gaddafi akagumisa kutonga kwemambo weSenussi anotsigirwa neWestern weIdris mukutonga kwa1969. Atora simba, Gaddafi akachinja Libya kuva republic inotongwa neRevolutionary Command Council yake ndokugumisa hurumende youmambo. Panguva iyoyo, Elmahdi bin Abdullah al-Senussi aienda kuchikoro kuEngland pamwe chete nomukoma wake. Akaudzwa nezvezvakaitika munyika yake, kusanganisira kuguma kwoumambo, nokuridza runhare. Al-Senussi akazoenda kunodzidza paBrummana High School muRebhanoni. 