Opinion - Libya HeraldLatest posts in Opinionhttps://libyaherald.com/enOp-Ed: The Collapse of Libya's health system and the "Not My Problem" mentalityhttps://libyaherald.com/2026/08/op-ed-the-collapse-of-libyas-health-system-and-the-not-my-problem-mentality/https://libyaherald.com/2026/08/op-ed-the-collapse-of-libyas-health-system-and-the-not-my-problem-mentality/In this op-ed, Professor Abdulbaset Elfituri laments how Libya's rulers today have adopted a mindset that has led to the deliberate destruction o...Fri, 21 Aug 2026 15:15:00 GMTOp-Ed: Libya’s Economy: When policy makes rent-seeking more profitable than productionhttps://libyaherald.com/2026/08/op-ed-libyas-economy-when-policy-makes-rent-seeking-more-profitable-than-production/https://libyaherald.com/2026/08/op-ed-libyas-economy-when-policy-makes-rent-seeking-more-profitable-than-production/Libya’s current electricity, security and black-market foreign exchange crisis has accelerated the debate on why, despite being an oil producing and e...Thu, 20 Aug 2026 10:40:00 GMTOp-Ed: Libya does not just need new people — It needs a new systemhttps://libyaherald.com/2026/08/op-ed-libya-does-not-just-need-new-people-it-needs-a-new-system/https://libyaherald.com/2026/08/op-ed-libya-does-not-just-need-new-people-it-needs-a-new-system/Libya has had a summer of chaos and discontent that at times threatened to bring down the current government. Increasing and persistent powercuts sinc...Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMTOp-Ed: Resignation of CBL Governor: A Dispute Over Who Bears the Cost of Economic Adjustment — the Treasury, the Reserves, or the Dinar?https://libyaherald.com/2026/08/op-ed-resignation-of-cbl-governor-a-dispute-over-who-bears-the-cost-of-economic-adjustment-the-treasury-the-reserves-or-the-dinar/https://libyaherald.com/2026/08/op-ed-resignation-of-cbl-governor-a-dispute-over-who-bears-the-cost-of-economic-adjustment-the-treasury-the-reserves-or-the-dinar/The resignation of the Governor of the Central Bank of Libya, Naji Issa, submitted to the Speaker of the House of Representatives on 9 August 2026, ha...Mon, 10 Aug 2026 15:49:00 GMTOp-Ed: Libya Cannot Afford to Wait: Why Renewable Energy Must Become a National Priorityhttps://libyaherald.com/2026/08/op-ed-libya-cannot-afford-to-wait-why-renewable-energy-must-become-a-national-priority/https://libyaherald.com/2026/08/op-ed-libya-cannot-afford-to-wait-why-renewable-energy-must-become-a-national-priority/As we placed the last solar PV panel on the structure of Libya’s very first 1 MW solar project, we looked around and asked ourselves: Why stop here? T...Mon, 10 Aug 2026 08:30:00 GMTOp-Ed: Libya doesn't need more oil money - It needs a bankable oil sectorhttps://libyaherald.com/2026/08/op-ed-libya-doesnt-need-more-oil-money-it-needs-a-bankable-oil-sector/https://libyaherald.com/2026/08/op-ed-libya-doesnt-need-more-oil-money-it-needs-a-bankable-oil-sector/The National Oil Corporation has announced an ambitious objective: increasing Libya's crude oil production to 2 million barrels per day by 2031....Sat, 08 Aug 2026 06:41:00 GMTOp-Ed: Libya's electricity and renewables sectors need reform and opening up to private investmenthttps://libyaherald.com/2026/07/op-ed-libyas-electricity-and-renewables-sectors-need-reform-and-opening-up-to-private-investment/https://libyaherald.com/2026/07/op-ed-libyas-electricity-and-renewables-sectors-need-reform-and-opening-up-to-private-investment/In this opinion piece, the Director General of the Libyan Business Council offers his analysis and solutions on Libya’s current acute power cuts crisi...Tue, 28 Jul 2026 13:12:00 GMTOp-Ed: National initiative to transform electricity subsidies into sustainable investment in solar energyhttps://libyaherald.com/2026/07/op-ed-national-initiative-to-transform-electricity-subsidies-into-sustainable-investment-in-solar-energy/https://libyaherald.com/2026/07/op-ed-national-initiative-to-transform-electricity-subsidies-into-sustainable-investment-in-solar-energy/In view of the recent increasing power cuts, the sudden blackout that hit the area from Misrata in western Libya to the Egyptian border in the east of...Wed, 22 Jul 2026 09:30:00 GMTOp-Ed: Return of Libya’s electricity crises: fuel supplies, pricing, consumption & renewables must be revisitedhttps://libyaherald.com/2026/07/op-ed-return-of-libyas-electricity-crises-fuel-supplies-pricing-consumption-renewables-must-be-revisited/https://libyaherald.com/2026/07/op-ed-return-of-libyas-electricity-crises-fuel-supplies-pricing-consumption-renewables-must-be-revisited/Tripoli based Libyan Prime Minister, Abdel Hamid Aldabaiba’s public outburst against the General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL) during Saturday’...Mon, 20 Jul 2026 11:26:00 GMTOp-Ed: Boulos entrenches Libya’s "flawed reality" and absence of a European role opens door to paths that deepen crisishttps://libyaherald.com/2026/03/op-ed-boulos-entrenches-libyas-flawed-reality-and-absence-of-a-european-role-opens-door-to-paths-that-deepen-crisis/https://libyaherald.com/2026/03/op-ed-boulos-entrenches-libyas-flawed-reality-and-absence-of-a-european-role-opens-door-to-paths-that-deepen-crisis/Speaking to Libya Herald on the current impasse in Libya's political roadmap, Rabie Shreir, a former member of the UN-organised Libyan Political Dialo...Tue, 10 Mar 2026 10:10:49 GMTOpinion: Is Jadhran bad for business?https://libyaherald.com/2014/01/opinion-is-jadhran-bad-for-business/https://libyaherald.com/2014/01/opinion-is-jadhran-bad-for-business/British businessman Richard Galustian, who has lived in Libya since the revolution, asks just how bad Jadhran is for Libya’s international business pr...Sun, 12 Jan 2014 12:24:02 GMTOpinion: The unwarranted international demonising of Libya and Benghazihttps://libyaherald.com/2013/04/opinion-the-unwarranted-international-demonising-of-libya-and-benghazi/https://libyaherald.com/2013/04/opinion-the-unwarranted-international-demonising-of-libya-and-benghazi/British security analyst Richard Galustian takes issue with the way Libya is being portrayed in the international media and by some foreign government...Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:36:17 GMTOpinion: The new issue of the Libyan one dinar note is out and about - and I like it!https://libyaherald.com/2013/02/opinion-the-new-issue-of-the-libyan-one-dinar-note-is-out-and-about-and-i-like-it/https://libyaherald.com/2013/02/opinion-the-new-issue-of-the-libyan-one-dinar-note-is-out-and-about-and-i-like-it/By Sami ZaptiaTripoli, 27 February 2013:The new issue of the Libyan one dinar note is out and about - and I like it!We have seen photos of the new not...Wed, 27 Feb 2013 19:29:53 GMTEnough is enough: How Libya should counter extremismhttps://libyaherald.com/2012/09/enough-is-enough-how-libya-should-counter-extremism/https://libyaherald.com/2012/09/enough-is-enough-how-libya-should-counter-extremism/By Adel Dajani.Tripoli, 23 September:Tunisian children went back to school last week – it was la rentrée scolaire - after a long, hot summer punctuate...Sun, 23 Sep 2012 19:01:29 GMTDisarmament of Militias in Libyahttps://libyaherald.com/2012/09/disarmament-of-militias-in-libya/https://libyaherald.com/2012/09/disarmament-of-militias-in-libya/Sir,Your report, 13 September, of Prime Minister-elect Mustafa Abushagur’s unequivocal condemnation of the killers of Ambassador Chris Stevens and his...Sun, 23 Sep 2012 15:52:44 GMTOpinion: Why am I optimistic about Libya’s future!https://libyaherald.com/2012/07/why-am-i-optimistic-about-libyas-future/https://libyaherald.com/2012/07/why-am-i-optimistic-about-libyas-future/Tripoli, 5 July:By Daeshik Jo, South Korean Ambassador to LibyaFurther to my article dated 1 July, I write with further reason as to why I’m optimisti...Thu, 05 Jul 2012 12:46:15 GMT