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Two million POS transactions in a single day across 67,000 points cause collapse of e-payment system - CBL apologises UNSMIL warns of escalation in Zawia and calls for restraint ahead of Eid al-Adha Minister of Economy and Trade affirms Ministry's orientation towards building a more disciplined and transparent business environment Labour Ministry developing specific, secure and healthy Labour Housing Project for legal expatriate workers Head of Airports Authority inaugurates first meeting tasked with testing readiness of systems and equipment at Tripoli International Airport Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts releases its Q1 2026 Report for the Libyan Tourism Sector Libyan Express announces launch of direct flights between Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport and Malta starting 22 June Libyan Railroads meets China Civil Engineering Construction Corp. - joint committees to negotiate activating signed contracts Minister of Economy Abu Shiha approves 13 decisions related to foreign and joint ventures and commercial agencies Akakus Oil uses SLB’s Rhino Reamer technology - the first in the Middle East and North Africa – to successfully drill well M.24H-NC115 Two million POS transactions in a single day across 67,000 points cause collapse of e-payment system - CBL apologises UNSMIL warns of escalation in Zawia and calls for restraint ahead of Eid al-Adha Minister of Economy and Trade affirms Ministry's orientation towards building a more disciplined and transparent business environment Labour Ministry developing specific, secure and healthy Labour Housing Project for legal expatriate workers Head of Airports Authority inaugurates first meeting tasked with testing readiness of systems and equipment at Tripoli International Airport Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts releases its Q1 2026 Report for the Libyan Tourism Sector Libyan Express announces launch of direct flights between Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport and Malta starting 22 June Libyan Railroads meets China Civil Engineering Construction Corp. - joint committees to negotiate activating signed contracts Minister of Economy Abu Shiha approves 13 decisions related to foreign and joint ventures and commercial agencies Akakus Oil uses SLB’s Rhino Reamer technology - the first in the Middle East and North Africa – to successfully drill well M.24H-NC115 Two million POS transactions in a single day across 67,000 points cause collapse of e-payment system - CBL apologises UNSMIL warns of escalation in Zawia and calls for restraint ahead of Eid al-Adha Minister of Economy and Trade affirms Ministry's orientation towards building a more disciplined and transparent business environment Labour Ministry developing specific, secure and healthy Labour Housing Project for legal expatriate workers Head of Airports Authority inaugurates first meeting tasked with testing readiness of systems and equipment at Tripoli International Airport Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts releases its Q1 2026 Report for the Libyan Tourism Sector Libyan Express announces launch of direct flights between Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport and Malta starting 22 June Libyan Railroads meets China Civil Engineering Construction Corp. - joint committees to negotiate activating signed contracts Minister of Economy Abu Shiha approves 13 decisions related to foreign and joint ventures and commercial agencies Akakus Oil uses SLB’s Rhino Reamer technology - the first in the Middle East and North Africa – to successfully drill well M.24H-NC115 Two million POS transactions in a single day across 67,000 points cause collapse of e-payment system - CBL apologises UNSMIL warns of escalation in Zawia and calls for restraint ahead of Eid al-Adha Minister of Economy and Trade affirms Ministry's orientation towards building a more disciplined and transparent business environment Labour Ministry developing specific, secure and healthy Labour Housing Project for legal expatriate workers Head of Airports Authority inaugurates first meeting tasked with testing readiness of systems and equipment at Tripoli International Airport Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts releases its Q1 2026 Report for the Libyan Tourism Sector Libyan Express announces launch of direct flights between Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport and Malta starting 22 June Libyan Railroads meets China Civil Engineering Construction Corp. - joint committees to negotiate activating signed contracts Minister of Economy Abu Shiha approves 13 decisions related to foreign and joint ventures and commercial agencies Akakus Oil uses SLB’s Rhino Reamer technology - the first in the Middle East and North Africa – to successfully drill well M.24H-NC115
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Sebha’s newly developed airport inaugurated during a lavish ceremony
May 17 Sami Zaptia

Sebha’s newly developed airport inaugurated during a lavish ceremony

Sebha International Airport was inaugurated yesterday during a lavish ceremony following the completion of its construction and equipping under t...

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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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High-level Canadian trade delegation to visit eastern Libya: Canadian ambassador Savard
Dec 3 Sami Zaptia

High-level Canadian trade delegation to visit eastern Libya: Canadian ambassador Savard

A high-level Canadian trade delegation will visit eastern Libya, Canada’s ambassador to Libya, Isabel Savard, was reported by the eastern based Genera...

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Huge convoy of Chinese and Saudi agricultural equipment arrives in Sirte – not made in the USA
May 7 Sami Zaptia

Huge convoy of Chinese and Saudi agricultural equipment arrives in Sirte – not made in the USA

The eastern based National Development Agency, an agency controlled by the Hafter family, reported today that an agricultural supply convoy, arriving...

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Libya’s Derna flood response cost lives – independent investigation needed: HRW
Dec 8 Sami Zaptia

Libya’s Derna flood response cost lives – independent investigation needed: HRW

An independent inquiry is needed to review failings in the Libyan authorities’ management of catastrophic flooding in eastern Libya in September 2023,...

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Moroccan Consul confirms imminent return of flights with Libya and ending need for visas
Nov 14 Sami Zaptia

Moroccan Consul confirms imminent return of flights with Libya and ending need for visas

According to eastern based Libyan government (unrecognised by most of the international community), the Consul General of Morocco, Saeed Benkirane, sa...

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Eastern Libya authorities must lift restrictions on journalists: Amnesty International
Sep 22 Sami Zaptia

Eastern Libya authorities must lift restrictions on journalists: Amnesty International

Khalifa Hafter’s Libyan Arab Armed Forces (formerly called the Libyan National Army - LNA), an armed group in control of eastern Libya, must immediate...

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UNSMIL condemns purported ISIS attack on Hafter military installation in south Libya
Apr 20 Sami Zaptia

UNSMIL condemns purported ISIS attack on Hafter military installation in south Libya

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) condemned the reported car-bomb attack Monday night targeting a military installation in the sout...

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Hafter’s army is ‘brutally crushing’ freedom of expression and peaceful assembly in Libyan territories under its control: Amnesty
Apr 19 Sami Zaptia

Hafter’s army is ‘brutally crushing’ freedom of expression and peaceful assembly in Libyan territories under its control: Amnesty

The eastern Libya-based Internal Security Agency (ISA), a collection of powerful armed groups operating in areas under the control of Hafter’s Libyan...

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BREAKING: Hafter steps down temporarily as Commander-in-Chief from 23 September to 24 December – in preparation for elections?
Sep 22 Sami Zaptia

BREAKING: Hafter steps down temporarily as Commander-in-Chief from 23 September to 24 December – in preparation for elections?

By Sami Zaptia.London, 22 September 2021:Khalifa Hafter has stepped down temporarily as Commander-in-Chief of the Libyan Arab Armed Forces (LAAF) for...

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