Demonstrators in Sabratha call for the removal of mayor Dhawadi and a new municipal council
Oct 13 Michel Cousins

Demonstrators in Sabratha call for the removal of mayor Dhawadi and a new municipal council

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 13 October 2017:A group of some 50 or more demonstrators took to the streets of Sabratha this afternoon after Friday p...

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Serraj visits Sabratha to assess damage and prioritise needs
Oct 11 Michel Cousins

Serraj visits Sabratha to assess damage and prioritise needs

By Libya Herald reporters.Tunis, 11 October 2017:Presidency Council leader Faiez Serraj flew to Sabratha this morning to inspect damage to the town in...

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Sep 17 Nigel Ash

Sabratha fighting leaves at least three dead

By Libya Herald reporters. Sabratha mayor Hassen Dhawadi (File photo)Tunis, 17 September 2017:At least three men have been killed and several injured,...

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Italian envoy lauds Sabratha mayor's action on migrant smugglers
Sep 10 Nigel Ash

Italian envoy lauds Sabratha mayor's action on migrant smugglers

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli, 10 September 2017:Increased security has cut back migrant smuggling, Italian ambassador Giuseppe Perrone said today...

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Sabratha gets new police station
Aug 23 Nigel Ash

Sabratha gets new police station

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli, 23 August 2017:Sabratha mayor Hassen Dhawadi has opened his town’s new police station, a day after it emerged  that...

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Aug 22 Nigel Ash

Armed Sabrathans crack down on migrant smuggling says mayor

By Gabriel Harrison.Sabratha mayor Hassen Dhawadi (File photo)Tunis, 22 August 2017:Sabratha’s mayor Hassen Dhawadi has said that his town is fed up w...

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Municipalities seek to give themselves a loud and unified voice
Jul 30 Nigel Ash

Municipalities seek to give themselves a loud and unified voice

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli and Tunis, 30 July 2017:Libya is to have its first nationwide organisation aiming to represent all its municipalitie...

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Local Islamist militias forced out of Sabratha by pro-LNA force: report
Jul 30 Nigel Ash

Local Islamist militias forced out of Sabratha by pro-LNA force: report

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli, 30 July 2017:A large Libyan National Army (LNA) force from surrounding districts and Watiya airbase is reported to...

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Jul 16 Nigel Ash

Sabratha calls its own local government conference

By Libya Herald reporters. Sabratha mayor Hassen Dhawadi invtes 60 mayors (File photo)Tripoli, 16 July 2017:Sabratha is by-passing the Presidency Coun...

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Anti-smuggling protests as Zuwara faces fuel crisis
Jun 18 Nigel Ash

Anti-smuggling protests as Zuwara faces fuel crisis

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli, 18 June 2017:Locals in Zuwara are up in arms at the lack of fuel and have been protesting in the town since Friday...

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