EXCLUSIVE: Jibril’s National Forces Alliance looks set for victory
By George Grant and Michel Cousins. Benghazi and Tripoli: An aspiring young voter comes prepared for the cameras outside a...
Reconciliation still some way off as Tawerghans cast their vote
By George Grant. Benghazi, 7 July: 2,600 Tawerghans have been at the camp since last October. Photograph: George Grant At...
Benghazi goes to the polls amidst continued federalist disruption
By George Grant. Benghazi, 7 July: A security guard in Benghazi projects a message of peace in the face of...
Federalist violence threatens to backfire following fatal attack on helicopter in Benghazi
By George Grant. Benghazi, 6 July: The helicopter involved in today's shooting shortly before it made its forced landing. Other...
Ajdabiya election storage centre burned by suspected federalist arsonists
Tripoli, 5 July: The fire destroyed large quantities of election materials ahead of Saturday's vote The main storage centre for...
Al-Senussi not in Libya
By Hadi Fornaji. Tripoli, 5 July: The government has denied Al-Senussi is in Libya Reports in many Libyan news outlets...
Border security officer assassinated in Benghazi
Benghazi, 5 July: Colonel Sulaiman Hasan Bortima, an officer working for the borders control department in the district of Gharyonis...
Qaddafi’s regime lives on in the minds of many
By Ashraf Abdul Wahab. Tripoli, 4 July: Despite the fact that the revolutionaries of 17 February have won militarily and...
Mahmoudi seen standing unaided in second refutation of torture claims
By Hadi Fornaji. Tripoli, 4 July: Baghdadi Al-Mahmoudi with members of the Libyan media yesterday Qaddafi's last prime minister, Baghdadi...
Kufra election boycott going ahead as 1,000 Tebu are disbarred from vote
By George Grant. Tripoli, 4 July: Libya's Tebu leader has said that fighting around Kufra will prevent many of his...
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BREAKING: Eni announces new offshore gas discoveries in Libya of more than 1 trillion cubic feet – gas to supply Libyan domestic market and for export to Italy
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Hafters vow to continue uncontrolled public spending – refuse to cut spending to save Libya’s economy – veiled threat to cut off oil supplies
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Emergency bad weather holiday announced today in Greater Tripoli as western Libya was hit by a passing storm of strong winds and heavy rain – many roads flooded, drivers stranded
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PM Aldabaiba reopens Tripoli Zoo after a 17-year closure: a symbolic turnaround for the Zoo – from a militia military base back to a leading recreation destination
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Production at the Sharara field continues despite pipeline fire – production diverted via other pipelines: NOC
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