Court sentences former Deputy PM to five years imprisonment for concluding contracts that harmed public money
Jun 24 Sami Zaptia

Court sentences former Deputy PM to five years imprisonment for concluding contracts that harmed public money

The Attorney General’s Office announced last Monday that the Tripoli Criminal Court sentenced the Deputy Prime Minister and former Interior Minister i...

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Attorney General arrests Zeidan’s former Deputy Prime Minister Abdulkarim on several charges of corruption - report and analysis
Jan 5 Sami Zaptia

Attorney General arrests Zeidan’s former Deputy Prime Minister Abdulkarim on several charges of corruption - report and analysis

By Sami Zaptia.London, 5 January 2022: The Attorney General’s Office announced yesterday that it had detained Ali Zeidan’s former Deputy Prime Ministe...

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Nov 24 Sami Zaptia

Saif Al-Islam Qaddafi disqualified by election commission from standing in presidential elections

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 24 November 2021:Libya’s High National Elections Commission (HNEC) today disqualified 25 applicants from standing in the count...

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Sep 29 Sami Zaptia

Government approves establishment of oil refinery in south Libya – in Sharara oilfield

By Sami Zaptia.The government is to establish a new oil refinery in the Sharara field (Photo: NOC).London, 29 September 2021:Rounding up the governmen...

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Aug 2 Sami Zaptia

Former Electricity Minister under Zeidan government refutes being appointed new GECOL chairman, says random decisions will not solve current electricity crisis

By Sami Zaptia.The then Deputy Prime Minister and Electricity Minister Awad Barasi during a press conference in Tripoli with his Prime Minister Ali Ze...

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Apr 25 Sami Zaptia

Libya to construct refineries in regions through local and foreign PPP

By Sami Zaptia.Libya is considering constructing two new refineries through PPP to make up its shortfall (Photo: Brega refinery archives)London, 25 Ap...

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Nov 3 Michel Cousins

Egypt repays $250 million of $2-billion loan

By Libya Herald reporter.The Central Bank of Libya (Photo: CBL)Tunis, 3 November 2017:The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) says that it repaid $250 million...

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Aug 26 Michel Cousins

Zeidan gives account of his abduction

By Libya Herald reporter.Former prime minister Ali Zeidan (File photo)Tunis, 25 August 2017:Former prime minister Ali Zeidan who was released by his a...

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Aug 22 Michel Cousins

Zeidan released, speaks to family by phone from Tripoli

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 22 August 2017: Former prime minister Ali Zeidan (File photo)Former prime minister Ali Zeidan has been freed, a close...

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Aug 22 Michel Cousins

Zeidan affair gets murkier as Serraj denies attorney general ordered arrest

By Libya Herald reporters. Former prime minister Ali Zeidan (Photo: Sami Zaptia)Tripoli/Cairo, 22 August 2017:Abducted former prime minister Ali Zeida...

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