An hour after PM-designate Bashagha announces his government selection is ready: HoR calls for convening of a formal session next Monday
Feb 24 Sami Zaptia

An hour after PM-designate Bashagha announces his government selection is ready: HoR calls for convening of a formal session next Monday

The House of Representatives (HoR) has called for the convening of a formal session next Monday 28 February.The announcement came about an hour after...

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PM-designate Bashagha sends government selection to HoR today – ready for confidence vote session
Feb 24 Sami Zaptia

PM-designate Bashagha sends government selection to HoR today – ready for confidence vote session

Prime Minister-designate Fathi Bashagha has completed the selection of his government and has sent it to the House of Representatives (HoR) today, his...

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Aldabaiba proposes new Road Map for holding elections, loans and land for youth and money for healthcare for war wounded
Feb 19 Sami Zaptia

Aldabaiba proposes new Road Map for holding elections, loans and land for youth and money for healthcare for war wounded

Caretaker Prime Minister Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba revealed last night a new political Road Map for holding the postponed elections. He said details of th...

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Eleven years on from ending the Qaddafi regime Libya is no nearer political stability - as political elites extenuate weak government and institutions
Feb 16 Sami Zaptia

Eleven years on from ending the Qaddafi regime Libya is no nearer political stability - as political elites extenuate weak government and institutions

On the eve of the 11th anniversary of the 17 February 2011 revolution that ended the 42-year Qaddafi regime, Libya is still seeking what now seems an...

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Feb 10 Sami Zaptia

HoR ‘‘unanimously’’ appoints Bashagha as prime minister designate – he has one week to form government and present it for a vote of confidence

By Sami Zaptia.Bashagha was unanimously selected by the HoR as Prime Minister designate today to replace Aldabaiba. Last December he and nine other pr...

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I will not hand over power to the military and Muslim Brotherhood: Aldabaiba
Feb 9 Sami Zaptia

I will not hand over power to the military and Muslim Brotherhood: Aldabaiba

A war of hearts and minds has erupted between the two main Libyan political forces currently fighting over power.Libya’s Caretaker Prime Minister, Ab...

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Aldabaiba refuses to give up power to new prime minister to be chosen by HoR on Thursday
Feb 8 Sami Zaptia

Aldabaiba refuses to give up power to new prime minister to be chosen by HoR on Thursday

Aldabaiba is refusing to give up power to his replacement to be chosen by the HoR on Thursday (Photo: From GNU archives).Tripoli, 8 February 2022:Liby...

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Turkish ambassador’s Benghazi visit signals further Turkish rapprochement with Hafter’s eastern Libya – interests override principles and make allies of old enemies
Jan 30 Sami Zaptia

Turkish ambassador’s Benghazi visit signals further Turkish rapprochement with Hafter’s eastern Libya – interests override principles and make allies of old enemies

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 30 January 2022: Turkey’s Ambassador to Libya, Kenan Yilmaz, visited the Municipality of Benghazi yesterday signalling further...

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Dec 14 Sami Zaptia

Sebha clashes follow yesterday's police vehicle seizure

By Sami Zaptia.The fort at Sebha, capital of Fezzan.Tripoli, 14 December 2021: Clashes broke out in the early hours of today in Sebha between governme...

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Dec 14 Sami Zaptia

Sebha Security Directorate condemns pro Hafter forces for stealing 11 police vehicles

By Sami Zaptia.The fort at Sebha, capital of Fezzan.Tripoli, 14 December 2021: Sebha Security Directorate (SSD), aligned to the Libyan government base...

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