Private security firm G4S rejects claims it plans to work in Libya without government authorisation
By George Grant Tripoli, 24 May: The British private security company, G4S, has rejected allegations made earlier this month that...
UPDATE – El-Kib in London for talks with British Prime Minister David Cameron
By George Grant Tripoli, 24 May: Prime Minister Abdurrahim El-Kib is in London today for talks with British Prime Minister...
Case dropped against AGOCO demonstrators due to lack of evidence
Benghazi, 24 May: The case against some 30 demonstrators accused of occupying and vandalising the offices of the state-owned Arabian...
Final registration count at more than 2.7 million voters
By Nihal Zaroug. Tripoli, 23 May: The High National Electoral Commission (HNEC) released a statement on 21 May commemorating the...
Tripoli electoral committee head resigns, criticises local council; committee dissolved
By Umar Khan. Tripoli, 23 May: Salah Adden Tabagh, the chairman of the Electoral . . .High Committee (EHC) for...
Demonstration at NTC HQ over Law No. 36
Tripoli, 23 May: A number of Rights movements and NGOs demonstrated at the National Transitional Council’s HQ in Tripoli yesterday...
Italian Consulate reopens in Benghazi
By Sami Zaptia. Tripoli, 23 May: On Sunday (20 May), the Italian Consulate in Benghazi re-opened after having been closed...
Supreme Security Committee foils potential aircraft attack in Sirte
Sirte, 23 May: The Libya Herald has received reports that the Supreme Security Committee (SSC) in Sirte has prevented a...
Mahmoudi extradition agreed, alternatively on hold: Tunisian Ministers disagree
Tripoli, 23 May: Former Libyan Prime Minister Al-Baghdadi Al-Mahmoudi is, according to Tunisian Justice Minister Noureddine Bhiri, to be extradited from...
The UN praises successful conclusion of voter registration and Benghazi vote
Tripoli, 23 May: The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya...
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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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CBL leaks to local media: New currency arriving – Intention to pump US$ 2.5 in market on 1 April
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Ministry of Oil & Gas holds meeting on Nigeria-Niger-Libya Gas Pipeline Project
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Belgasem Hafter reneges on US-brokered agreement by refusing to cut development spending – sends dinar crashing
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NOC signs MoU with Chevron to conduct technical study of offshore block NC 146
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