May 2 Michel Cousins

Firefighter copter deal approved

By Hadi Fornaji.Tripoli, 2 May 2014:The cabinet, at its meeting on Wednesday, has authorised the purchase of four firefighter helicopters by the Inter...

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Cabinet gives go-ahead for sewerage projects
May 2 Michel Cousins

Cabinet gives go-ahead for sewerage projects

By Hadi Fornaji.Tripoli, 2 May 2014:The government has given the go-ahead to the construction of five wastewater and sewage treatment plants in the we...

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Non-paying customers leave GECOL with LD 1.7 billion loss
Apr 13 thomwestcott

Non-paying customers leave GECOL with LD 1.7 billion loss

By Jamal Adel.Tripoli, 13 April 2014:Libyans reluctant to pay their electricity bills have left the General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL) facin...

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Mar 26 Michel Cousins

Protestors threaten to close Ruwais power station; Tripoli power cuts possible.

By Jamal Adel.Tripoli, 26 March 2014:Protestors from Hawamid and the neighbouring village of Takoot in the Jebel Nafusa are threatening to close the R...

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Mar 25 Michel Cousins

Production stopped again at Fil field by action in Jebel Nafusa.

By Jamal Adel.Tripoli, 25 March 2014:Production at the massive El Fil field west of Murzuk has come to a virtual stop, not because of action by local...

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Feb 12 Michel Cousins

Sharara oil pipeline again blockaded in Jebel Nafusa

By Jamal Adel.Tripoli, 12 February 2014:A valve on the pipeline carrying oil from the Sharara oilfield has again been tampered with near Reyayana in J...

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Feb 3 Michel Cousins

Sharara oilfield production cut by Jebel Nafusa pipeline blockade

By Jamel Adel and Michel Cousins.Tripoli, 3 February 2014:Production at the Sharara oilfield has been reduced by 40 percent as a result of a partial b...

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Dec 16 Callum Paton

Ghariani calls for national unity

By Asharaf Abdul-WahabTripoli, 16 December 2013:The Grand Mufti, Sheikh Sadik Al-Ghariani, has called on Libyans to put differences aside and work tog...

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New Border Guards commissioned
Nov 22 Michel Cousins

New Border Guards commissioned

By Ashraf Abdul-Wahab.Tripoli, 22 November 2013:The first batch of some 500 trainee border guards from the Jebel Nafusa took part in a military passin...

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Oct 9 Michel Cousins

New Tunisia-Libya bus service announced

By Hadi Fornaji.Tripoli, 9 October 2103:A bus service between the Jebel Nafusa and the southern Tunisian town of Medenine has started, according to Ha...

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