As Tripoli PM Aldabaiba fills two vacant ministerial posts, Presidency Council expresses a split over the legality of their appointment
Mar 3 Sami Zaptia

As Tripoli PM Aldabaiba fills two vacant ministerial posts, Presidency Council expresses a split over the legality of their appointment

Tripoli based Libyan Prime Minister, Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba made two new ministerial appointments yesterday, filling gaps due to suspensions / resignat...

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HoR unofficial meeting rejects new import taxes and foreign exchange bureaux – calls for monitored unified budget
Mar 3 Sami Zaptia

HoR unofficial meeting rejects new import taxes and foreign exchange bureaux – calls for monitored unified budget

In a video statement published late last night / early this morning from its Benghazi headquarters, around 50 Members of Libya’s Parliament (House of...

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Is Libya’s judicial system on the verge of splitting?
Feb 28 Michel Cousins

Is Libya’s judicial system on the verge of splitting?

The judicial system in Libya is becoming deeply fractured because of different top constitutional courts operating in Tripoli and Benghazi, with each...

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Tripoli Chamber of Commerce meeting makes five demands to decision-makers to alleviate economic crisis – threatens peaceful demonstrations and sit-ins
Feb 27 Sami Zaptia

Tripoli Chamber of Commerce meeting makes five demands to decision-makers to alleviate economic crisis – threatens peaceful demonstrations and sit-ins

An expanded meeting was held yesterday at the Tripoli Chamber of Commerce’s Tripoli headquarters to discuss the repercussions of monetary policies and...

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Hafter’s forces claim liberation of all its kidnapped soldiers at the southern Al-Toum border checkpoint from local militias
Feb 26 Sami Zaptia

Hafter’s forces claim liberation of all its kidnapped soldiers at the southern Al-Toum border checkpoint from local militias

In a statement released yesterday, the General Command of Hafter’s Libyan Arab Armed Forces announced the liberation of the soldiers kidnapped in the...

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Demonstrations continue in Zawia for the second day in a row against all incumbent political entities as standards of living continue to diminish
Feb 26 Sami Zaptia

Demonstrations continue in Zawia for the second day in a row against all incumbent political entities as standards of living continue to diminish

With the background of the continuation of the political split between Libya’s western and eastern based regimes with elections seemingly a world away...

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Tripoli Chamber of Commerce calls for urgent meeting today to discuss Libya’s spiralling economic crisis
Feb 26 Sami Zaptia

Tripoli Chamber of Commerce calls for urgent meeting today to discuss Libya’s spiralling economic crisis

Tripoli Chamber of Commerce called yesterday on all its members to attend an urgent meeting to be held today at its Tripoli headquarters to discuss Li...

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As the dollar breaks the LD 10.50 mark, Aldabaiba attempts to deflect blame squarely onto Hafter for Libya’s runaway economic crisis
Feb 24 Sami Zaptia

As the dollar breaks the LD 10.50 mark, Aldabaiba attempts to deflect blame squarely onto Hafter for Libya’s runaway economic crisis

With the black-market foreign exchange rate plunging the Libyan dinar to over the LD 10.50 to the US dollar yesterday, Tripoli based Libyan Prime Mini...

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Tripoli Libyan government rejects new import taxes, blames dinar collapse on Hafter’s parallel spending outside approved budget
Feb 24 Sami Zaptia

Tripoli Libyan government rejects new import taxes, blames dinar collapse on Hafter’s parallel spending outside approved budget

As the black-market exchange rate of the Libyan dinar plunged to unprecedented rates over the LD 10.50 to the dollar yesterday, and the leadership of...

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107 HoR members state that they have not issued the decision to impose new import taxes
Feb 24 Sami Zaptia

107 HoR members state that they have not issued the decision to impose new import taxes

In a statement released yesterday, 107 members of the House of Representatives (HoR) affirmed that the House (in its entirety), as the competent legis...

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