Feb 23 Michel Cousins

New police chief for Benghazi

By Maha Ellawati.Benghazi, 23 February 2013:The Interior Minister, Ashour Shuwail, has appointed Brigadier Ali Mansour Ferjani as head of the police i...

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Low turnout as Magarief salutes the revolution in Benghazi
Feb 17 Michel Cousins

Low turnout as Magarief salutes the revolution in Benghazi

By Mathieu Galtier.Benghazi, 17 February 2o13:The President of General National Congress (GNC), Mohamed Magarief together with three government minist...

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Opinion: On the second anniversary of the 17th February 2011 Revolution – reflections and considerations.
Feb 17 Sami Zaptia

Opinion: On the second anniversary of the 17th February 2011 Revolution – reflections and considerations.

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 17th February 2013:Here we are two years on from the start of Libya’s 17th February Revolution. Two years on from the day the...

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Police equipment fair opens
Feb 11 Michel Cousins

Police equipment fair opens

Prime Minister Ali Zeidan and Interior Minister Ashour Shuwail inspect the exhibits Tripoli, 11 February 2013:The first Police Clothing and Equipment...

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Supreme Court exonerates Interior Minister, rejects Integrity Commission appeal
Feb 10 Michel Cousins

Supreme Court exonerates Interior Minister, rejects Integrity Commission appeal

By Hadi Fornaji.nterior Minister Ashour Shuwail at a ceremony at the beginning of the month to mark the merger of the Interior Ministry’s crime invest...

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Feb 8 Michel Cousins

Car explosion in Beida

Benghazi, 8 February 2013:A car bomb exploded in Beida early this evening near the headquarters of one of the town’s security support groups.Three peo...

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Criminal investigation organisations merged
Feb 2 Michel Cousins

Criminal investigation organisations merged

Tripoli, 2 February, 2013:Two criminal investigation bodies, both part of the Ministry of the Interior were merged today, Saturday, in a ceremony in T...

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“In a few weeks security will be fine and companies will be back” – Prime Minister Ali Zeidan
Jan 31 Sami Zaptia

“In a few weeks security will be fine and companies will be back” – Prime Minister Ali Zeidan

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 31 January:Prime Minister Ali Zeidan claimed that security will be fine in a few weeks in Libya and Interior Minister Ashour S...

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Jan 26 Michel Cousins

Applications to join police soar

Tripoli 26 January 2013:Some 26,000 members of the Supreme Security Committee (SSC) have now signed up to join the police force according to the Inter...

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Jan 23 Michel Cousins

Major visa changes planned; Tunisians, Turks and Jordanians will be affected

Tripoli, 23 January 2013:All foreign visitors to Libya will require visas in future and there are to be no exceptions.The decision by Interior Ministe...

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