Jan 20 Sami Zaptia

Zeidan attempts to save his government in a live interview

By Sami Zaptia. Tripoli, 20 January 2014:Speaking live from Sebha in an interview on the Qatar-based Libya Al-Ahrar statellite TV channel, Prime Minis...

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Islamic economy conference opens in Tripoli
Jan 6 Sami Zaptia

Islamic economy conference opens in Tripoli

By Sami Zaptia. Tripoli, 6 January 2014: The two-day conference on the Islamic economy, organised by the Ministry of Economy, opened today at the Co...

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Zeidan vote of "no-confidence" on GNC agenda next week
Jan 1 Sami Zaptia

Zeidan vote of "no-confidence" on GNC agenda next week

By Sami Zaptia.Is Prime Minister Ali Zeidan on his way out in Sunday's vote-of-no-confidence? (Photo: Sami Zaptia)Tripoli, 1 January 2014:The GNC has...

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Dec 28 Sami Zaptia

Mahmoud Jibril launches "initiative to save Libya"

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 28 December 2013:Mahmoud Jibril, former head of the Executive Office (effectively Prime Minister) under the National Transitio...

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J&C offices bombed in Derna
Dec 12 Michel Cousins

J&C offices bombed in Derna

By Libya Herald staff.Derna, 12 December 2013:A bomb went off outside the offices of Justice and Construction Party (J&C) in Derna early this morn...

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Nov 13 Michel Cousins

J&C supports extension of GNC, does not want PM dismissed: party official

By Umar Khan.Tripoli, 13 November 2013:The Justice and Construction Party (J&C) has said that it supports moves to extend the General National Con...

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Nov 12 thomwestcott

LROR to keep securing Tripoli, but under control of General Chief of Staff

By Ahmed Elumami.Tripoli, 12 November 2013:The General National Congress (GNC) today voted to keep the assignment of the Libya Revolutionaries Operati...

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Hundreds show for 9 November Movement protest in Tripoli
Nov 9 Nigel Ash

Hundreds show for 9 November Movement protest in Tripoli

By Ahmed Elumami.Tripoli, 9 November 2013:Hundreds of people protested today in Tripoli's Martyrs' Square demanding that, because of its " failures an...

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No hidden symbols on LD 10 banknotes, says CBL
Oct 29 thomwestcott

No hidden symbols on LD 10 banknotes, says CBL

By Libya Herald Staff.Tripoli, 29 October 2013:The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) has denied reports circulating that there is a Jewish symbol - the Star...

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Sawan threatens to pull Justice & Construction ministers out of government
Oct 28 Michel Cousins

Sawan threatens to pull Justice & Construction ministers out of government

By Ahmed Elumami.Mohamed SawanTripoli, 28 October 2013:The head of the Justice and Construction Party (J&C), Mohamed Sawan, has announced that the...

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