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Two million POS transactions in a single day across 67,000 points cause collapse of e-payment system - CBL apologises UNSMIL warns of escalation in Zawia and calls for restraint ahead of Eid al-Adha Minister of Economy and Trade affirms Ministry's orientation towards building a more disciplined and transparent business environment Labour Ministry developing specific, secure and healthy Labour Housing Project for legal expatriate workers Head of Airports Authority inaugurates first meeting tasked with testing readiness of systems and equipment at Tripoli International Airport Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts releases its Q1 2026 Report for the Libyan Tourism Sector Libyan Express announces launch of direct flights between Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport and Malta starting 22 June Libyan Railroads meets China Civil Engineering Construction Corp. - joint committees to negotiate activating signed contracts Minister of Economy Abu Shiha approves 13 decisions related to foreign and joint ventures and commercial agencies Akakus Oil uses SLB’s Rhino Reamer technology - the first in the Middle East and North Africa – to successfully drill well M.24H-NC115 Two million POS transactions in a single day across 67,000 points cause collapse of e-payment system - CBL apologises UNSMIL warns of escalation in Zawia and calls for restraint ahead of Eid al-Adha Minister of Economy and Trade affirms Ministry's orientation towards building a more disciplined and transparent business environment Labour Ministry developing specific, secure and healthy Labour Housing Project for legal expatriate workers Head of Airports Authority inaugurates first meeting tasked with testing readiness of systems and equipment at Tripoli International Airport Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts releases its Q1 2026 Report for the Libyan Tourism Sector Libyan Express announces launch of direct flights between Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport and Malta starting 22 June Libyan Railroads meets China Civil Engineering Construction Corp. - joint committees to negotiate activating signed contracts Minister of Economy Abu Shiha approves 13 decisions related to foreign and joint ventures and commercial agencies Akakus Oil uses SLB’s Rhino Reamer technology - the first in the Middle East and North Africa – to successfully drill well M.24H-NC115 Two million POS transactions in a single day across 67,000 points cause collapse of e-payment system - CBL apologises UNSMIL warns of escalation in Zawia and calls for restraint ahead of Eid al-Adha Minister of Economy and Trade affirms Ministry's orientation towards building a more disciplined and transparent business environment Labour Ministry developing specific, secure and healthy Labour Housing Project for legal expatriate workers Head of Airports Authority inaugurates first meeting tasked with testing readiness of systems and equipment at Tripoli International Airport Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts releases its Q1 2026 Report for the Libyan Tourism Sector Libyan Express announces launch of direct flights between Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport and Malta starting 22 June Libyan Railroads meets China Civil Engineering Construction Corp. - joint committees to negotiate activating signed contracts Minister of Economy Abu Shiha approves 13 decisions related to foreign and joint ventures and commercial agencies Akakus Oil uses SLB’s Rhino Reamer technology - the first in the Middle East and North Africa – to successfully drill well M.24H-NC115 Two million POS transactions in a single day across 67,000 points cause collapse of e-payment system - CBL apologises UNSMIL warns of escalation in Zawia and calls for restraint ahead of Eid al-Adha Minister of Economy and Trade affirms Ministry's orientation towards building a more disciplined and transparent business environment Labour Ministry developing specific, secure and healthy Labour Housing Project for legal expatriate workers Head of Airports Authority inaugurates first meeting tasked with testing readiness of systems and equipment at Tripoli International Airport Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts releases its Q1 2026 Report for the Libyan Tourism Sector Libyan Express announces launch of direct flights between Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport and Malta starting 22 June Libyan Railroads meets China Civil Engineering Construction Corp. - joint committees to negotiate activating signed contracts Minister of Economy Abu Shiha approves 13 decisions related to foreign and joint ventures and commercial agencies Akakus Oil uses SLB’s Rhino Reamer technology - the first in the Middle East and North Africa – to successfully drill well M.24H-NC115
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HoR Speaker Saleh cancels new import tax having previously claimed he had never agreed such a tax. Is Saleh’s position weakening? Report and analysis
Mar 13 Sami Zaptia

HoR Speaker Saleh cancels new import tax having previously claimed he had never agreed such a tax. Is Saleh’s position weakening? Report and analysis

Several reliable Arabic language Libyan media sites reported last Wednesday (11 March) that the Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR), Ageela...

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At the first 2026 Cabinet meeting: Aldabaiba calls for unified state institutions, freezes development spending and calls for elections
Mar 12 Sami Zaptia

At the first 2026 Cabinet meeting: Aldabaiba calls for unified state institutions, freezes development spending and calls for elections

Addressing broader political matters at the first Cabinet meeting of 2026 held at the Cabinet Office in Tripoli last night, Prime Minister Abdel Hamid...

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Aldabaiba and Menfi stress use of polling feedback to establish consensus basis for constitutional process: report and analysis
Jun 26 Sami Zaptia

Aldabaiba and Menfi stress use of polling feedback to establish consensus basis for constitutional process: report and analysis

The President of the Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Menfi, and the Tripoli based Libyan Prime Minister, Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba, held what the Tripoli...

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HoR and HSC ‘‘Consultative Meeting’’ in Morocco’s Bouznika, 18 – 19 December, agrees on 4 outcomes
Dec 19 Sami Zaptia

HoR and HSC ‘‘Consultative Meeting’’ in Morocco’s Bouznika, 18 – 19 December, agrees on 4 outcomes

According to their final communiqué issued at the end of the two-day ‘‘Consultative Meeting’’ held by members of the House of Representatives (HoR) an...

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UNSMIL welcomes HoR’s appointment of consensual CBL Board of Directors‎
Oct 22 Sami Zaptia

UNSMIL welcomes HoR’s appointment of consensual CBL Board of Directors‎

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) yesterday welcomed the appointment of the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) p...

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Op-Ed: International community complicit with Libya’s corrupt political and military elite in delaying democratic elections
Oct 9 Sami Zaptia

Op-Ed: International community complicit with Libya’s corrupt political and military elite in delaying democratic elections

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) reported last Friday that it had received on 5 October a copy of the latest electoral laws from p...

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High State Council and House of Representatives 6+6 election laws drafting committee hold first meeting in Tripoli
Apr 7 Sami Zaptia

High State Council and House of Representatives 6+6 election laws drafting committee hold first meeting in Tripoli

The Joint High State Council (HSC) and House of Representatives (HoR) 6+6 Referendum and Election Laws Drafting Committee convened for its first meeti...

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HoR-HSC’ Joint Committee second round of Cairo talks reach initial consensus on 137 articles of constitution
May 21 Sami Zaptia

HoR-HSC’ Joint Committee second round of Cairo talks reach initial consensus on 137 articles of constitution

The House of Representatives (HoR) and High State Council (HSC) Joint Committee reached an initial consensus on 137 articles of the draft Libyan const...

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Feb 10 Sami Zaptia

HoR approves 12th Constitutional Amendment to create a committee of experts to re-draft the current vexed draft constitution

(Logo: HoR).Libya’s new political Road Map has been agreed. It was drafted by the House of Representatives’ (HoR) Road Map Committee, and according to...

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Dec 27 Sami Zaptia

HNEC report to HoR sets out legal reasons why final candidates’ lists could not be announced – which led to the postponement of the elections

By Sami Zaptia.Libya's 24 December 2021 elections were effectively postponed by HNEC for legal reasons (Logo: HNEC adapted by Libya Herald).London, 27...

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