2013 Audit Bureau report rebukes government for giving poor value for money
By Sami Zaptia. The Audit Bureau's 2013 report highlights numerous failings by the Ali Zeidan government, including giving poor value...
Oil production at 229,000 barrels per day
Libya Herald Staff Tripoli, 18 March 2014: The Ministry of Oil and Gas announced today that oil production up to...
GNC head “Islamist” hostage, Libyans beware of Islamists at next election- Zeidan
By Sami Zaptia. Former Prime Minister Ali Zeidan warned the Libyan voters against the Islamists at the next election (Photo:...
US$ 8 bn loss of oil revenues in second half of 2013 – Acting Oil Minister Shakmak
By Sami Zaptia. Acting Oil Minister Omar Shakmak along side caretaker Prime Minister Abdullah Thinni at yesterday's press conference. (Photo: Sami...
Former Prime Minister Ali Zeidan did not run away from Libya – Thinni
By Sami Zaptia. Abdullah Thinni during a recent visit to Italy to assess members of the Libyan National Army undergoing...
Security is my priority, no one to blame for poor security – Thinni
By Sami Zaptia. Tripoli, 12 March 2014: Caretaker Prime Minister Abdullah Thinni said that security was his priority during his...
I consider my government a caretaker government – Thinni
By Sami Zaptia. Caretaker Prime Minister Abdullah Thinni said he considered his government as a caretaker government at his first...
Abdullah Al-Thinni – caretaker Prime Minister for two weeks
Abdullah Thinni was quickly sworn-in yesterday as caretaker Prime Minister for two weeks until the GNC can agree on a longer-term...
Libyans continue to be optimistic, for democracy – against use of force and unilateral regional autonomy
By Sami Zaptia. Tripoli, 12 March: The third and final public opinion survey conducted in Libya last year, financed by...
Alexandria Declaration on Women’s rights in Islam
International Women's Day 2014 celebrated with a conference in Tripoli (Photo: Sami Zaptia). Tripoli, 11 March 2014: During the International...
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