Displaced Tuaregs request urgent health supplies
Ghadames, 18 August: A distress call requesting urgent medical help has been made to the Ministry of Health by displaced...
Ongoing chaos at Benghazi Social Affairs Ministry hits poor families
By Hadi Fornaji. Benghazi, 18 August: Poor families in Benghazi are being deprived of much-needed social support following an ongoing...
The traditions of preparing for Eid
By Nihal Zaroug. Many children save money to be spent over Eid in brightly-coloured clay pots known as "shig-gagas". (Photo:...
Extradition of Qaddafi loyalists nears, says Egyptian ambassador
By Al Russell. Ahmed Qaddaf El-Dum, the cousin of the late dictator, is one of several thousand Qaddafi loyalists currently...
Magarief forced to row back over claims that Libya will adopt Parliamentary model
By George Grant. The Congress speaker was accused of pre-empting the Constitution with his remarks that Libya could adopt a...
Misrata Local Council requests release of 140 prisoners
By George Grant. Only a fraction of the thousands of prisoners being held in Libyan jails since the end of...
The traditions of preparing for Eid
By Nihal Zaroug. Many children save money to be spent over Eid in brightly-coloured clay pots known as "shig gagas"....
Red Cross to explain itself better after attacks
By Hadi Fornaji. Ishfaq Muhamad Khan, the new ICRC boss in Libya Tripoli, 17 August: Despite its high-profile humanitarian response...
Electricity Minister Barasi collapses amidst ongoing power failures
Benghazi, 17 August: The minister is understood to have been visiting parts of the electricity network in the Libyan desert...
UN chief Ian Martin meets families of the missing
Ian Martin meets despairing families of . . .the missing By Hadi Fornaji. Tripoli, 16 August: A somber-faced Ian Martin,...
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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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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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LPTIC Chairman tours Tripoli International Airport – emphasises need to accelerate pace of completion of telecoms work
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