Libyan forces oust militants from Sirte

Libyan forces have ousted Islamic State militants from their last hold-out in the the city of Sirte, a spokesman says.

Libyan forces have taken control of the final cluster of buildings where Islamic State militants were holding out in their former North African stronghold of Sirte and are securing the area, a spokesman says.

Forces led by brigades from Misrata and backed by US air strikes "control all of Sirte's Ghiza Bahriya neighbourhood and are still securing the area," spokesman Rida Issa told Reuters on Monday.

There was no official announcement that Sirte had been taken. Earlier on Monday, more than a dozen Islamic State fighters clinging on in Sirte surrendered to Libyan forces, officials said.