Libyan militias intensified suppression of dissent, attacks on civil society. Thousands arbitrarily detained, arrested for exercise of human rights: Amnesty International report
May 2 Sami Zaptia

Libyan militias intensified suppression of dissent, attacks on civil society. Thousands arbitrarily detained, arrested for exercise of human rights: Amnesty International report

Amnesty International’s Annual 2024 Report (pages 240-245), ‘‘The State of the World’s Human Rights’’, published on 23 April, says that Libya’s militi...

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UNSMIL expresses concern over mobilisation of forces by Hafter and anti-Hafter forces
Aug 10 Sami Zaptia

UNSMIL expresses concern over mobilisation of forces by Hafter and anti-Hafter forces

UNSMIL expressed concern in a statement yesterday over the mobilisation of forces by Hafter and anti-Hafter forces.This comes as Western Libyan forces...

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Libyan organizations call on authorities to stop draconian laws and civil society crackdown
Apr 6 Sami Zaptia

Libyan organizations call on authorities to stop draconian laws and civil society crackdown

Twenty-two civil society organisations issued a joint statement yesterday calling on Libyan authorities to stop draconian laws and the civil society c...

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Conclusions of Paris Conference on Libya
Nov 13 Sami Zaptia

Conclusions of Paris Conference on Libya

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 13 November 2021:On 12 November 2021, the President of the French Republic, the Federal Chancellor of Germany, the President o...

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Oct 24 Sami Zaptia

On Libya’s Stabilization Conference: There will be no stability in Libya without renewing the political legitimacy of all existing institutions through elections: Zahra Langhi

By Sami Zaptia.The Libya Stabilisation Conference held in Tripoli on 21 October was deemed a success, but it is feared it sought stability in the Arab...

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Oct 13 Sami Zaptia

Banks will offer leasing loans to all Libyans to be guaranteed by the government: Aldabaiba

By Sami Zaptia.Aldabaiba said banks will be offering leasing loans to all Libyans which will be guaranteed by the government (Photo: GNU).London, 13 O...

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Libya on brink of another west-east split and unravelling of LPDF’s Road Map?
Oct 11 Sami Zaptia

Libya on brink of another west-east split and unravelling of LPDF’s Road Map?

By Sami Zaptia.London, 11 October 2021:With the 24 December 2021 elections looking in the balance, Libya looked like it was heading into another west-...

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Aug 19 Sami Zaptia

Prime Minister Aldabaiba gives go ahead for Benghazi and Derna Reconstruction Funds to start work

By Sami Zaptia.Aldabaiba authorises the start of work of the Benghazi and Derna Reconstruction funds (Photo: A government delegation visits Benghazi i...

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Jul 12 Sami Zaptia

3,000 housing units to be fast tracked in 10 months for displaced

By Sami Zaptia.The Libyan government has approved spending for 3,000 housing units for the displaced to be completed within 10 months (Photo: GNU).Lon...

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Jul 12 Sami Zaptia

Government approves electricity spending on stations overhauls, 40 mobile generators and 57,000 telegraph poles

By Sami Zaptia.The Libyan government has approved spending in the electricity sector (Photo: GNU).London, 12 July 2021:The Libyan government announced...

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