SIx killed in attacks on army in Benghazi
Jun 15 Michel Cousins

SIx killed in attacks on army in Benghazi

Benghazi, 15 June 2013:Six members of the army’s Special Forces (the Saiqa Brigade) as well as a civilian were killed in Benghazi this morning in figh...

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Three days National Mourning for Benghazi dead
Jun 9 Michel Cousins

Three days National Mourning for Benghazi dead

By Ahmed Elumami. Acting head of Congress, Juma Ateega                                                     (Photo: Tom Westcott, Libya Herald)Tripoli,...

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May 15 thomwestcott

Students protest against 'state of chaos' in Benghazi

Benghazi, 15 May 2013:Students at the University of Benghazi staged a protest yesterday against what they said was a state of chaos and absence of sec...

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May 14 Sami Zaptia

Ministry of Defence Mines and Explosives Department - the full report on Benghazi explosion

Tripoli, 14 May 2013:The full forensic report by the Mines and Explosives Department in the Ministry of Defence has been released and is reproduced be...

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May 14 Sami Zaptia

Benghazi explosion accidental, not bomb – Ministry of Defence

By Sami Zaptia,Tripoli, 14 May 2013:A report by the Ministry of Defence analyzing the site of the previously thought car bomb in the car park of Al-Ja...

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Zawia demonstrates against militia torture, arbitrary arrest and kidnapping
Apr 13 Michel Cousins

Zawia demonstrates against militia torture, arbitrary arrest and kidnapping

By Ashraf Abdul-Wahab. Protesters at Zawia's "Oppression has no Legitimacy".(Photo: Algammoudi via Libya Needs Justice Facebook)Tripoli, 13 April  201...

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Apr 3 Michel Cousins

Military Supreme Court appointments

Tripoli, 3 April 2103:The Ministry of Defence has re-formed the Supreme Military Court. In an announcement yesterday, Tuesday, it said that Colonel Is...

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Mar 30 thomwestcott

Illegal militias thrown out of Tripoli buildings

Tripoli, 30 April 2013:Libyan joint security forces have now cleared 36 buildings in Tripoli that were being used as headquarters by illegal battalion...

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Mar 27 thomwestcott

No imminent plans to release imprisoned Christians

Tripoli, 27 March 2013:Media reports that four foreign Christians held in prison in Benghazi for proselytising are to be released are not true, the Li...

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Ministries of Interior and Defence move to stamp out renegade militias
Mar 19 Nihal Zaroug

Ministries of Interior and Defence move to stamp out renegade militias

Tripoli, 19 March 2013:Interior Minister Ashour Shuwail and Chief of the Armed Forces Yousef Mangoush, meet in Tripoli on Sunday, 17 March, to visit t...

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