Aldabaiba instructs CBL to terminate Arkenu Oil Company’s oil sales agreement
Apr 3 Sami Zaptia

Aldabaiba instructs CBL to terminate Arkenu Oil Company’s oil sales agreement

The Tripoli based Libyan government, led by Abdel Hamid Aldabaiba, issued a directive yesterday, leaked to local media, instructing the Central Bank o...

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Hafter’s forces claim liberation of all its kidnapped soldiers at the southern Al-Toum border checkpoint from local militias
Feb 26 Sami Zaptia

Hafter’s forces claim liberation of all its kidnapped soldiers at the southern Al-Toum border checkpoint from local militias

In a statement released yesterday, the General Command of Hafter’s Libyan Arab Armed Forces announced the liberation of the soldiers kidnapped in the...

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HSC’s proposals to reform Libya’s economy include abolishing proposed taxes, suspending development spending, prioritising imports, monitoring LCs
Feb 25 Sami Zaptia

HSC’s proposals to reform Libya’s economy include abolishing proposed taxes, suspending development spending, prioritising imports, monitoring LCs

In a session held yesterday, the High State Council (HSC) proposed the following measures to address Libya’s economic crisis: - The Central Bank of L...

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As the dollar breaks the LD 10.50 mark, Aldabaiba attempts to deflect blame squarely onto Hafter for Libya’s runaway economic crisis
Feb 24 Sami Zaptia

As the dollar breaks the LD 10.50 mark, Aldabaiba attempts to deflect blame squarely onto Hafter for Libya’s runaway economic crisis

With the black-market foreign exchange rate plunging the Libyan dinar to over the LD 10.50 to the US dollar yesterday, Tripoli based Libyan Prime Mini...

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Tripoli Libyan government rejects new import taxes, blames dinar collapse on Hafter’s parallel spending outside approved budget
Feb 24 Sami Zaptia

Tripoli Libyan government rejects new import taxes, blames dinar collapse on Hafter’s parallel spending outside approved budget

As the black-market exchange rate of the Libyan dinar plunged to unprecedented rates over the LD 10.50 to the dollar yesterday, and the leadership of...

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Aldabaiba calls on CBL Governor to halt all 2026 project spending across Libya - until the newly US-brokered unified spending agreement is adhered to
Feb 21 Sami Zaptia

Aldabaiba calls on CBL Governor to halt all 2026 project spending across Libya - until the newly US-brokered unified spending agreement is adhered to

Tripoli based Libyan Prime Minister, Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba, sent an official letter (dated 19 February) to the Governor of the Central Bank of Libya,...

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Libyan Islamist accused of assassinating four in US Benghazi Consulate in 2012 arrives under arrest in Washington DC
Feb 6 Sami Zaptia

Libyan Islamist accused of assassinating four in US Benghazi Consulate in 2012 arrives under arrest in Washington DC

US Attorney General Pam Bondi revealed the arrest of Libyan Zubayr al-Bakoush, suspected of carrying out the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi in...

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Zawia airport construction starts – under the NDA and to be implemented by a Turkish company
Jan 21 Sami Zaptia

Zawia airport construction starts – under the NDA and to be implemented by a Turkish company

The eastern based branch of the state Libyan News Agency (LANA) reported last Monday (19 January) that work began on the same day on the Zawia Airport...

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444th Combat Brigade refutes rumours of cutting fuel supplies to the south – insists its regulating supplies to counter cross-border fuel smuggling
Nov 3 Sami Zaptia

444th Combat Brigade refutes rumours of cutting fuel supplies to the south – insists its regulating supplies to counter cross-border fuel smuggling

In response to rumours circulating about instructions from the 444th Combat Brigade to halt fuel allocations to the southern region, the Brigade's Med...

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Atletico Madrid win Benghazi’s Reconstruction Cup after beating Inter Milan 4-3 on penalties - great political showpiece for Hafter
Oct 13 Sami Zaptia

Atletico Madrid win Benghazi’s Reconstruction Cup after beating Inter Milan 4-3 on penalties - great political showpiece for Hafter

Atletico Madrid won the Reconstruction Cup held in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi. The football competition was sponsored and organised by the Li...

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