Libyan Development & Reconstruction Fund inaugurates Derna’s 2,000 housing project
May 2 Sami Zaptia

Libyan Development & Reconstruction Fund inaugurates Derna’s 2,000 housing project

The Libyan Development and Reconstruction Fund inaugurated yesterday Derna’s 2,000 housing unit Al-Salam project. The project includes various...

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Belgasem Hafter reneges on US-brokered agreement by refusing to cut development spending – sends dinar crashing
Apr 1 Sami Zaptia

Belgasem Hafter reneges on US-brokered agreement by refusing to cut development spending – sends dinar crashing

After days of steady gains by the Libyan dinar on the black-market foreign exchange from a high two weeks ago of around LD 10.50 per dollar to a low o...

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CBL to abolish tax on foreign exchange sales and tax on foreign exchange personal allowance to a rate of 6.37 dinars to the dollar
Mar 15 Sami Zaptia

CBL to abolish tax on foreign exchange sales and tax on foreign exchange personal allowance to a rate of 6.37 dinars to the dollar

The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) briefed Libyan media yesterday of its intention to implement the decision of the Speaker of the House of Representativ...

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HoR Speaker Saleh cancels new import tax having previously claimed he had never agreed such a tax. Is Saleh’s position weakening? Report and analysis
Mar 13 Sami Zaptia

HoR Speaker Saleh cancels new import tax having previously claimed he had never agreed such a tax. Is Saleh’s position weakening? Report and analysis

Several reliable Arabic language Libyan media sites reported last Wednesday (11 March) that the Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR), Ageela...

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HoR unofficial meeting proposes a new reform Roadmap to elect new leadership and amend internal regulations
Mar 11 Sami Zaptia

HoR unofficial meeting proposes a new reform Roadmap to elect new leadership and amend internal regulations

About 40 members of the House of Representatives (HoR) held an unofficial meeting at the HoR’s Benghazi headquarters yesterday after which they declar...

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Second Deputy HoR Speaker Duma denies having chaired an HoR session during which the new tax law was passed
Mar 5 Sami Zaptia

Second Deputy HoR Speaker Duma denies having chaired an HoR session during which the new tax law was passed

The Second Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR), Misbah Duma, has refuted the statement by the Speaker of the HoR, Ageela Saleh, that...

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Saleh refutes responsibility for passing new import tax – blames his Deputy Doma
Mar 4 Sami Zaptia

Saleh refutes responsibility for passing new import tax – blames his Deputy Doma

Libya's parliamentary leaders are queuing up to distance themselves from the newly introduced and extremely unpopular import tax. The Speaker of Liby...

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HoR members call for amendment of the HoR’s internal regulations – to check Ageela Saleh’s unilateral decision-making powers
Mar 3 Sami Zaptia

HoR members call for amendment of the HoR’s internal regulations – to check Ageela Saleh’s unilateral decision-making powers

In a video statement published late last night / early this morning from its Benghazi headquarters, around 50 Members of Libya’s Parliament (House of...

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HoR unofficial meeting rejects new import taxes and foreign exchange bureaux – calls for monitored unified budget
Mar 3 Sami Zaptia

HoR unofficial meeting rejects new import taxes and foreign exchange bureaux – calls for monitored unified budget

In a video statement published late last night / early this morning from its Benghazi headquarters, around 50 Members of Libya’s Parliament (House of...

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Is Libya’s judicial system on the verge of splitting?
Feb 28 Michel Cousins

Is Libya’s judicial system on the verge of splitting?

The judicial system in Libya is becoming deeply fractured because of different top constitutional courts operating in Tripoli and Benghazi, with each...

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