Real obstacle to holding Libyan elections is not lack of security, but absence of consensual and fair electoral laws: Aldabaiba
Mar 25 Sami Zaptia

Real obstacle to holding Libyan elections is not lack of security, but absence of consensual and fair electoral laws: Aldabaiba

‎The real obstacle to holding Libyan elections is not the security situation, but the absence of consensual and fair electoral laws, Tripoli based Lib...

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Op-Ed: Will new SRSG and UNSMIL head Tetteh continue with the UN’s failed solutions – and has she been set up to fail?
Feb 21 Sami Zaptia

Op-Ed: Will new SRSG and UNSMIL head Tetteh continue with the UN’s failed solutions – and has she been set up to fail?

The newly appointed SRSG and UNSMIL head, Hanna Tetteh, arrived in Tripoli yesterday to assume her post. Upon her arrival, she issued an official stat...

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Presidency Council head Menfi calls for referendum by Libyan people on contentious points of draft constitution
Feb 3 Sami Zaptia

Presidency Council head Menfi calls for referendum by Libyan people on contentious points of draft constitution

Posting on his personal X account and through the official WhatsApp Media Group, the head of Libya’s Presidency Council, Mohamed Menfi, said it is nec...

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The military, ideological regimes, and supporters of the Qaddafi regime threaten the stability of Libya: Aldabaiba at Davos 2025
Jan 22 Sami Zaptia

The military, ideological regimes, and supporters of the Qaddafi regime threaten the stability of Libya: Aldabaiba at Davos 2025

The Tripoli based Libyan Prime Minister, Abdel Hanid Aldabaiba, affirmed his government's commitment to addressing issues that affect the lives of Lib...

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Tripoli based Libyan PM Aldabaiba takes part in Q&A as part of Tripoli Media Days – talks about Russia, corruption, El-Kaber, Bengdara and elections
Dec 20 Sami Zaptia

Tripoli based Libyan PM Aldabaiba takes part in Q&A as part of Tripoli Media Days – talks about Russia, corruption, El-Kaber, Bengdara and elections

‎Speaking for about an hour at the Government Communication Forum, within the question-and-answer segment called ‘‘The Prime Minister Answers’’, which...

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Op-Ed: Another UNSMIL Libya initiative, another Bouznika meeting - the domestic and international status quo conspiracy continues against Libyan citizens?
Dec 19 Sami Zaptia

Op-Ed: Another UNSMIL Libya initiative, another Bouznika meeting - the domestic and international status quo conspiracy continues against Libyan citizens?

The final communiqué issued at the end of the two-day ‘‘Consultative Meeting’’ held by members of Libya’s parliament (the House of Representatives - H...

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Wilton Park Libya consultative meeting held 4 to 6 December – deliberations and outcomes unclear
Dec 7 Sami Zaptia

Wilton Park Libya consultative meeting held 4 to 6 December – deliberations and outcomes unclear

UNSMIL reported yesterday that, at the invitation of the United Kingdom, the Chargé affaires of UNSMIL, Stephanie Khoury, participated in a consultati...

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Democracy is the only way forward for Libya: Aldabaiba to Libyan youth
Nov 25 Sami Zaptia

Democracy is the only way forward for Libya: Aldabaiba to Libyan youth

Speaking at a Youth Forum held in his city of Misrata last Saturday (23 November), where 600 young men and women from across the country participated,...

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HoR Speaker Salah decree reduces FX sales surcharge from 20 to 15 percent
Nov 20 Sami Zaptia

HoR Speaker Salah decree reduces FX sales surcharge from 20 to 15 percent

Ageela Saleh, Speaker of Libya’s eastern based parliament, the House of Representatives (HoR), passed a decree today (86/204) reducing the surcharge/l...

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Two Courts rule to suspend controversial 27 percent tax on the sale of foreign currency
Apr 25 Sami Zaptia

Two Courts rule to suspend controversial 27 percent tax on the sale of foreign currency

Two courts ruled over the last 24 hours to suspend the controversial 27 percent tax on the sale of foreign currency demanded by the Central Bank of Li...

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