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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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Criminal Court convicts twelve officials responsible for managing Derna's dams
Jul 28 Sami Zaptia

Criminal Court convicts twelve officials responsible for managing Derna's dams

‎The Attorney General’s Office reported today that Derna Criminal Court convicted twelve defendants for the failure of Derna’s dams in the 2023 Storm...

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Libya’s Derna flood response cost lives – independent investigation needed: HRW
Dec 8 Sami Zaptia

Libya’s Derna flood response cost lives – independent investigation needed: HRW

An independent inquiry is needed to review failings in the Libyan authorities’ management of catastrophic flooding in eastern Libya in September 2023,...

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Jan 9 Sami Zaptia

Tarhuna’s Kani militia abducted, detained, tortured, killed, and disappeared people who opposed them: HRW report

By Sami Zaptia.London, 9 January 2021: Hundreds of residents of the Libyan town Tarhuna were abducted or reported missing between 2014 and 2020, Human...

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Nov 3 Sami Zaptia

Sudanese security guards were deceived into working in Libya by UAE: HRW

By Sami Zaptia.London, 3 November 2020: A report by Human Rights Watch published on Sunday (1 October) reports that Sudanese security guards were dece...

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Sep 11 Sami Zaptia

Tripoli government aligned forces violently quell peaceful protests, arbitrarily detain and torture: HRW

By Sami Zaptia.London, 11 September 2020:Armed groups in Tripoli linked with Libya’s internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) us...

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Jun 17 Sami Zaptia

Hafter’s LNA should urgently investigate apparent evidence of war crimes by aligned forces: HRW

By Sami Zaptia.London, 17 June 2020:Khalifa Hafter’s Libyan National Army (LNA) and its aligned forces should urgently investigate apparent evidence o...

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Jun 10 Sami Zaptia

Haftar should publicly renew his 2011 pledge to stop using landmines, destroy his stocks: HRW

By Sami Zaptia.London, 10 June 2020:Libyan National Army commander Khalifa Hafter should publicly renew his 2011 pledge to stop using landmines and in...

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Apr 30 Sami Zaptia

UAE unlawful Libya drone strike kills 8 civilians: HRW report

By Sami Zaptia.London, 30 April 2020:Human Rights Watch said in a report released yesterday that an apparently unlawful drone attack by the United Ara...

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Feb 15 Sami Zaptia

Banned cluster munitions used in Tripoli should be stopped, secured and stock destroyed: HRW

By Sami Zaptia. London, 15 February 2020: Banned cluster munitions have been used in Tripoli and this use should be stopped and stocks should be secur...

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Aug 21 Sami Zaptia

Abducted HoR member Sirgiwa still missing, HRW calls for active investigation

By Sami Zaptia.HRW has called on eastern Libyan authorities to investigate the disappearance on 17 July of HoR member Siham Sirgiwa (Photo: Social Med...

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