Dec 31 Sami Zaptia

Oil stoppages cost Libya over $10 billion - Abufunas

By Sami ZaptiaTripoli, 31 December 2013 :Speaking at a press conference in Tripoli yesterday to launch the new Financial Sector Regulator, the Ministe...

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Dec 27 Michel Cousins

Prison breakout in Ajdabiya

By Noora Ibrahim.Benghazi, 27 December 2013:There has been another mass breakout from the prison in Ajdabiya, according to the spokesman for the town’...

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A set of three stamps issued on the occasion of the 62nd independence anniversary
Dec 23 Sami Zaptia

A set of three stamps issued on the occasion of the 62nd independence anniversary

Tripoli, 23 December:On the occasion of the 62nd anniversary of Libya's independence, the Ministry of Communications and Informatics has issued a set...

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Cyrenaica tribal elders reaffirm support for Jadhran, promise to export oil
Dec 22 Michel Cousins

Cyrenaica tribal elders reaffirm support for Jadhran, promise to export oil

By Ahmed Obeidi.Benghazi, 22 December 2013:Tribal chiefs and supporters of federalism have warned the government, Congress and the Libya Revolutionari...

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Eastern oil ports to reopen as tribal leaders rein in federalist movement
Dec 11 Callum Paton

Eastern oil ports to reopen as tribal leaders rein in federalist movement

By Ahmed Elumami.Tripoli, 11 December 2013:Tribal leaders have brokered a deal with the head of the Political Bureau of Cyrenaica, Ibrahim Jadhran, br...

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Nov 14 Sami Zaptia

Libyan economy to contract by 5 percent - IMF

By Sami Zaptia.         Tripoli, 14 November 2013: The Libyan economy is forecast to contract by 5.1 percent in 2013 due to the disruptions in oil...

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Nov 13 Michel Cousins

Another Constitutional Committee election boycott threat

By Libya Herald  staff.Tripoli, 13 November 2013:Demonstrators in the oasis town of Al-Awjila, north of Jalu, today announced that they would boycott...

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Sep 22 Michel Cousins

Nominations for Constitutional Commission to open

By Ashraf Abdul-Wahab.Tripoli, 22 September 2013:The High National Election Commission (HNEC) had announced that nominations will shortly open for tho...

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Aug 29 Sami Zaptia

Regional tendering committee formed - Zeidan

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 29 August 2013:Speaking at Wednesday’s (28th August) press conference, Prime Minister Ali Zeidan revealed that his government...

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Aug 18 Nigel Ash

Sebha anti-federalist demo flops

Tripoli, 18 August 2013:The federalist agenda continues to divide opinion in Sebha.  However, from the low turnout at an anti-federalist demonstration...

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