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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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May 4 Nigel Ash

GNC must not let gunmen “railroad” it over Political Isolation Law: Human Rights Watch

By Hadi FornajiTripoli, 4 May 2013:Congress should not allow itself to be railroaded into making very bad laws because groups of armed men are demandi...

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Political Isolation Law to be debated Sunday: Sewehli
Apr 29 thomwestcott

Political Isolation Law to be debated Sunday: Sewehli

By Tom Westcott.Tripoli, 29 April 2013:The Political Isolation Law is due to be debated by the General National Congress (GNC) on Sunday, according to...

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Apr 22 Nigel Ash

Jailed editor freed on bail

By Nigel AshTripoli, 22 April 2013The jailed editor of the newspaper Ummah, Amara Hassan Al-Khatabi, has been released on bail.According to an AFP rep...

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Still no access to lawyer for Senussi
Apr 20 thomwestcott

Still no access to lawyer for Senussi

By Tom Westcott.Tripoli, 20 April 2013:Abdullah Al-Senussi, Qaddafi’s cousin and former spy-chief, has still not seen a lawyer despite having spent ne...

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Pressure increases for release of ailing editor
Apr 14 Nigel Ash

Pressure increases for release of ailing editor

Tripoli, 14 April 2013:The Libyan authorities must free Amara Hassan Al-Khatabi, editor of Al-Ummah daily and drop charges against him, says Human Rig...

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Italian coastguard rescues 500 boat people off Sicily
Apr 12 Nigel Ash

Italian coastguard rescues 500 boat people off Sicily

By Hadi Fornaji.Tripoli, 12 April 2013:As the sea state improves, the flow of sub-Saharans seeking to reach Italy  from Libya in flimsy, ramshackle cr...

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Apr 9 Michel Cousins

Qaddaf Al-Dam sent to Egyptian jail

By Hadi Fornaji.Tripoli, 9 April 2013:Egypt’s Attorney General decided today, Tuesday, to move Ahmed Qaddaf Al-Dam to a prison cell and hold him there...

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Ensure rights for extradited Qaddafi-era officials, says HRW
Mar 30 thomwestcott

Ensure rights for extradited Qaddafi-era officials, says HRW

Tripoli, 30 March 2013:Libya must ensure that two Qaddafi-era officials recently extradited from Egypt receive humane treatment, fair trials and acces...

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Mar 20 Michel Cousins

HRW calls on Libya to stop revenge “crimes” against Tawerghans, wants UN sanctions against those involved


Tripoli, 20 March 2013:The New York-based human rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) has described the treatment of people from Tawargha a “cr...

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Canada backs Libya on justice
Feb 10 thomwestcott

Canada backs Libya on justice

Tripoli, 10 February 2013:Canada has responded to the government’s own concerns about justice by pledging support for Libya’s development of the rule...

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