Oct 6 Michel Cousins

Residents return to western Reyayna

By Ashraf Abdul-Wahab.Tripoli, 6 October 2013:There were Friday prayers in western Reyayna’s mosque two days ago for the first time since  local inhab...

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Aug 21 Michel Cousins

Alcatel win contract to upgrade phone network

Tripoli, 21 August 2013:Hatif Libya (“Libya Telecom”) has signed a contract with a French telecommunications company Alcatel-Lucent to extend and upgr...

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Jul 15 thomwestcott

New medical laboratory opens in Nalut

Tripoli, 15 July 2013:A new medical laboratory, which will specialilse in infectious diseases, has opened in the Jebel Nafusa town of Nalut.The new  C...

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Tree planting after the fires
May 31 Michel Cousins

Tree planting after the fires

Tripoli, 31 May 2013:Following fast on the devastating forest fire earlier this week in the Jebel Nafusa nature reserve near Emsalata, a reforestation...

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Forest fire rages through Jebel Nafusa nature reserve
May 26 Nigel Ash

Forest fire rages through Jebel Nafusa nature reserve

Tripoli, 26 May 2013:A forest fire, which raged through a nature reserve near Emsalata in the eastern end of the Jebel Nafusa and threatened a nearby...

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Jebel Nafusa fighting smashes power lines - Tripoli supplies cut
May 1 thomwestcott

Jebel Nafusa fighting smashes power lines - Tripoli supplies cut

Tripoli, 1 May 2013:There have been power cuts today in Tripoli after clashes in the Jebel Nafusa destroyed transmission lines taking power to the cap...

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Mar 21 thomwestcott

Shells cleared from Mizdah

Tripoli, 21 March 2013:Displaced residents of Mizdah may soon be able to return to their homes, following a large number of shells that lay scattered...

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Mar 2 Michel Cousins

Classic cars and motorbikes in desert rally

Tripoli, 2 March 2103:A three-day rally that has classic cars and motor bikes crossing the Jebel Nafusa and heading into the desert started yesterday...

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Jan 3 tomlittle

British ambassador visits Gharian

Tripoli, 3 January:The British ambassador to Libya Michael Aron travelled to Gharian today, the independent news agency Press Solidarity reported, whe...

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Amazigh festival in Jadu
Oct 31 Michel Cousins

Amazigh festival in Jadu

A flyer for the festival, to be held in Jadu on 7-9 November.Tripoli, 31 October:A festival of Amazigh (Berber) culture is to be held in Jadu in the J...

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