Kufra election boycott going ahead as 1,000 Tebu are disbarred from vote
Jul 4 George Grant

Kufra election boycott going ahead as 1,000 Tebu are disbarred from vote

By George Grant.Tripoli, 4 July:More than 1,000 Tebu from the southern desert town of Kufra have been disbarred from voting in Saturday’s elections, i...

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Zawiya offers National Conference seats to Benghazi in extraordinary bid to diffuse federalism row
Jul 3 George Grant

Zawiya offers National Conference seats to Benghazi in extraordinary bid to diffuse federalism row

By George Grant.Zawiya, 3 July:The western city of Zawiya has launched an extraordinary bid to defuse pro-federalist tensions in eastern Libya by offe...

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Jul 1 George Grant

Justice & Construction party HQ attacked in Marj

Tripoli, 2 June:The Justice & Construction party's electoral headquarters in the eastern town of Marj were set ablaze on Sunday afternoon by unide...

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Pro-federalist protesters storm election offices in Tobruk and Benghazi
Jul 1 George Grant

Pro-federalist protesters storm election offices in Tobruk and Benghazi

By George Grant and Ashraf Abdul Wahab.Tripoli, 1 July:The protesters in Benghazi destroyed election materials and chanted pro-federalist slogansProte...

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Jun 19 Sami Zaptia

Role of the NTC will end, no role for me – Mustafa Abdul Jalil

London, 19 June:The leader of Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC), Mustafa Abdul Jalil revealed in an interview with the Arabiya satellite TV...

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Jun 18 George Grant

Elections Commission releases financial ceilings for 7 July election campaigning

Tripoli, 18 June:The High National Election Commission (HNEC) has set the financial ceilings for campaigning by both individual candidates and politic...

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May 15 Sami Zaptia

Voters registered top the 2 million mark by Monday 14 May

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 15 May:Sources at the HNEC confirmed early today that the number of registered voters had passed the 2 million mark by the end...

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