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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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Jul 12 Nigel Ash

EU plans clampdown on NGO migrant rescues: report

By Libya Herald reporters. A packed and unseaworthy migrant boat last year (File photo)Tunis, 12 July 2017:A leaked draft document reveals the EU is t...

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Jun 1 Nigel Ash

Coastguard wants more help from Italy to fight powerful smugglers

By Jamie Prentis. Libya coastguard vessels need spares and maintenance (Photo:Libyan Navy)Tunis, 1 June 2017:Libyan coastguards cannot deal with heavi...

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Apr 30 Nigel Ash

At least 84 migrants drown in single tragedy

By Libya Herald reporters. Inflatables such as this are swamped and capsized is stormy seas (File photo) Tunis, 30 April 2016:The rough seas of the la...

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Iran's president Rouhani backs new Libyan government
Jan 26 Nigel Ash

Iran's president Rouhani backs new Libyan government

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli. 26 January 2016:Iranian president Hassan Rouhani on a visit to Italy has said that without a government, Libya will...

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Better weather sends more migrants to sea
Dec 6 Nigel Ash

Better weather sends more migrants to sea

By Libya Herald reportersTripoli, 6 December 2015:The recent break in the weather has encouraged a fresh wave of migrant boat launched from the Libyan...

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Four hundred migrants feared dead while thousands more plucked from the Med
Apr 14 Nigel Ash

Four hundred migrants feared dead while thousands more plucked from the Med

By Hadi Fornaji.Tripoli, 14 April 2015:At least 400 migrants may have drowned since Friday, as the rising tide of asylum seekers leaving Libya by boat...

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Oct 13 Nigel Ash

Libyan vessel picks up Syrian migrants in international waters

 By Ashraf Abdul Wahab.Tripoli, 13 October 2013:A Libyan oil tanker today rescued 174 Syrian migrants in international waters off the Italian coast.Li...

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Apr 13 thomwestcott

Five migrants die at sea, 89 rescued

Tripoli, 13 April 2013:Five sub-Saharan migrants died, their bodies thrown overboard, during a rubber dinghy’s five-day voyage towards Europe, before...

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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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Ten Europe-bound migrants perish off Libyan coast
Nov 5 Nigel Ash

Ten Europe-bound migrants perish off Libyan coast

By Hadi Fornaji.The over-crowded sinking dinghy (Photo Armed Forces of Malta)Tripoli, 5 November Another ten African migrants drowned this weekend whe...

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