Tripoli and Malta LIA handover to PC/GNA Interim Steering Committee
By Sami Zaptia. The Tripoli-based and Faiez Serraj-appointed LIA Interim Steering Committee has announced that it has taken-over the running...
Security plan for Tripoli over Eid holiday
By Sami Zaptia. The Serraj/GNA Ministry of Interior has announced a security plan for Tripoli over the Eid holiday period...
Eighteen new US airstrikes against ISIS in Sirte bring total to 128
By Sami Zaptia. The US Africa Command (Africom) has revealed that it had conducted its 128th airstrike against IS in...
Petrol queues stoked by false rumours: Brega Petroleum
By Sami Zaptia. Brega Petroleum has assured the Libyan public of the ample availability of petrol despite petrol queues caused...
US airstrikes against ISIS in Sirte reach 108
By Sami Zaptia. The US Africa Command (Africom) says it has launched 108 airstrikes against IS in Sirte. London, 6 September...
Over 2,600 Mediterranean migrants saved in 22 rescue missions yesterday: Italian Coast Guard
By Sami Zaptia. Seven migrants crossing from Libya died during rescue operations in the Mediterranean yesterday (Photo: Kenny Karpov/MOAS). London,...
Who pays for ISIS in Libya?
By Sami Zaptia. The financing model of ISIS in Libya was unsustainable says the report (Photo: HSI). London, 5 September...
Libya’s prison and detention system is in chaos: report
By Sami Zaptia. The USIP report says Libya's prisons are in chaos (Photo: USIP). London, 4 September 2016: Libya’s prisons...
Renewed role of Libyan tribes as guarantors of social stability and providers of security and justice
By Sami Zaptia. Libyan tribes are playing a renewed role in post Qaddafi Libya says the USIP report (Photo: USIP)....
UN’s Humanitarian Aid report on Libya paints grim picture and underfunding
By Sami Zaptia. The latest UN Humanitarian Aid report to Libya paints a grim picture and says it is lacking...
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CBL leaks to local media: New currency arriving – Intention to pump US$ 2.5 in market on 1 April
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Damaged and drifting Russian gas tanker under control – being tugged away to sea by Libyan efforts
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US stresses importance of fully implementing its brokered Unified Development Programme agreement and establishing a unified budget
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NOC celebrates return of Schlumberger Libya’s (SLB) in-country operations as an independent operating entity (LIG) – as they were before 2011
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China cancels customs duties on Libyan imports starting from this May – banking and financial cooperation will be enhanced
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