CBL renews call for closure of unofficial FX sales outlets – as dinar begins to slide again
May 12 Sami Zaptia

CBL renews call for closure of unofficial FX sales outlets – as dinar begins to slide again

In a letter leaked to Libyan media outlets yesterday, the Governor of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL), Naji Issa, addressed the Minister of the I...

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Interior Ministry reports increased crime-fighting success despite lack of resources
Feb 16 Sami Zaptia

Interior Ministry reports increased crime-fighting success despite lack of resources

An expanded meeting was held yesterday at the headquarters of the General Directorate of Central Support, chaired by the Acting Minister of the Interi...

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Tripoli will be vacated of security and military services soon: Interior Minister Trabelsi
Feb 21 Sami Zaptia

Tripoli will be vacated of security and military services soon: Interior Minister Trabelsi

Speaking at a press conference in Tripoli today, the Acting Minister of the Interior, Imad Trabelsi, confirmed that the capital, Tripoli, will be evac...

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On National Information Technology Day, the mini-satellite project CubeSat was launched
Jun 4 Sami Zaptia

On National Information Technology Day, the mini-satellite project CubeSat was launched

Commenting on the organization of the National Information Technology Day and its successive events, the head of the Libyan Organization for Communica...

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Acting Interior Minister Trabelsi taking steps to counter forged ID numbers and passports
May 19 Sami Zaptia

Acting Interior Minister Trabelsi taking steps to counter forged ID numbers and passports

Commenting on news that there are a large number of forged National ID Numbers and Libyan passports, Libya’s Tripoli-based Acting Minister of the Inte...

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NOC confirms damage initially to 29 sites in Zawia refinery from militia clashes
Apr 24 Sami Zaptia

NOC confirms damage initially to 29 sites in Zawia refinery from militia clashes

Libya’s state National Oil Corporation (NOC) confirmed yesterday that several locations in Zawia refinery were subjected to ‘‘varying damage’’ due to...

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Oct 13 Sami Zaptia

Tripoli Health Ministry condemns kidnapping of medics headed to Ghadames

By Sami Zaptia.The Tripoli Ministry of Health has condemned the kidnapping of 6 medical personnel en route to Ghadames (Tripoli MoH).London, 13 Octobe...

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PC bans unauthorised Tripoli demonstrations: report
Sep 12 Nigel Ash

PC bans unauthorised Tripoli demonstrations: report

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli, 12 September 2017:There are reports that the Presidency Council’s (PC) Ministry of the Interior has banned  unautho...

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Further clashes around Janzour; Elders try to mediate
Jul 6 Michel Cousins

Further clashes around Janzour; Elders try to mediate

By Moutaz Ali and Ashraf Abdul-Wahab. Fighting in west Tripoli this morning (Photo: Libya Herald)Tripoli, 6 July 2014:Elders from Zintan and Janzour a...

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Jul 5 Michel Cousins

Clashes in Janzour

By Ashraf Abdul-Wahab.Tripoli, 5 July 2014:There were clashes this morning in Janzour after security forces under the command of the Minisry of the In...

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