May 14 Sami Zaptia

Over 1.82 million voters registered by the end of Sunday

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 14 May:Sources at Libya’s High National Election Commission (HNEC) head office revealed to Libya Herald today that by the end...

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May 13 Michel Cousins

Displaced Tawerghans join workshop on elections

Tripoli, 13 May:The Ministry of Culture and Civil Society in cooperation with the Libyan Observatory for Human Rights (LOHR) organized a workshop to h...

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Voting is ‘an Islamic duty’ and a ‘right for men and women’ – Sadik Al-Ghariani
May 12 Sami Zaptia

Voting is ‘an Islamic duty’ and a ‘right for men and women’ – Sadik Al-Ghariani

1.25 million Libyans registered to vote by Thursday, 10 MayTripoli, 12 May:With only two days to go to the voter registration deadline, over 1.25 mill...

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May 10 Sami Zaptia

Over 800,000 Libyans registered to vote, 2 guards shot dead at Prime Minister’s office

Tripoli, 10 May:By Sami Zaptia.The scheduled weekly official press conference of Wednesday 9 May was overshadowed by the previous day’s hastily schedu...

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May 8 Sami Zaptia

Elections dominate Cabinet meeting

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 8 May:In the officially released summary of the most recent (18th) Ordinary Meeting of Libya’s Cabinet, held on Wednesday 2 Ma...

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May 8 Sami Zaptia

Over 500,000 registered to vote by Monday morning - candidate registration extended to 15 May

By Sami ZaptiaTripoli, 8 May:Speaking live on Libya Al-Ahrar TV late last night, the head of the High National Election Commission (www.hnec.ly), Nuri...

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May 6 Michel Cousins

Libyans abroad win partial victory over election vote

Tripoli, 6 May:Libyans resident in certain foreign countries will be able to vote in the elections after all. The about-turn follows strong pressure f...

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May 6 Michel Cousins

Election observers organised

Tripoli, 6 May:As Libya prepares for next month’s elections, a coalition of civil society organisations has launched the Shahed Network for election o...

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May 6 Michel Cousins

330,000 registered to vote by Saturday; nearly half million expected by Sunday

Tripoli, 6 May:In the five days between 1 May and Saturday evening, some 330,000 Libyans registered to vote for the 19 June elections according to an...

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Abdul Jalil calls on all Libyans to register for the June elections
May 5 Sami Zaptia

Abdul Jalil calls on all Libyans to register for the June elections

Tripoli, 5 May:In an interview broadcast yesterday Friday by Al Jazeera satellite news channel, Mustafa Abdul Jalil, head of Libya’s National Transiti...

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