Mar 24 Nigel Ash

Zeidan fields questions in busy GNC session

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 24 March 2013:Prime Minister Ali Zeidan and members of his government were called before the GNC to answer questions today in...

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Mar 19 Nigel Ash

Social networker's online petition takes off

By Hadi FornajiTripoli, 19 March 2013:An open letter to the government and Congress written by a social networker has snowballed into an online petiti...

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Feb 14 Sami Zaptia

Opinion: The planned 15th February demonstrations in a few lines

By Mosadeq Hobrara.Tripoli, 14 February 2013:In the last few months there has been growing discontent across the country about the current Government...

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Amazigh assert their cultural identity at Jadu festival as Magarief expresses support for constitutional recognition of Berber language
Nov 11 George Grant

Amazigh assert their cultural identity at Jadu festival as Magarief expresses support for constitutional recognition of Berber language

By Valerie Stocker.Jadu, 11 November:Tafsout is Tamazight for “spring”. Not a reference to the so-called Arab Spring, for once, but to the Berber trad...

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Zawia mosque rebuilding launched by Magarief
Oct 21 Michel Cousins

Zawia mosque rebuilding launched by Magarief

Zawia, 21 October:The President of the National General Congress Mohammed Magarief today, Sunday, inaugurated the reconstruction of the Martyrs' Squar...

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Casualties mount in Bani Walid as soldiers say majority of town now under army control
Oct 21 George Grant

Casualties mount in Bani Walid as soldiers say majority of town now under army control

By George Grant.Four of the six tanks seen at the Kilometre 60 checkpoint on Friday have since been moved forwards towards Bani Walid. (Photo: George...

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Sirte – One year on
Oct 20 George Grant

Sirte – One year on

By George Grant.Young men set fire to tires in protest at the Bani Walid siege. (Photo: George Grant)Sirte, 20 October:“Today is 20 October, and you k...

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Oct 14 Sami Zaptia

Moving Forward on Economic Development: Policy Recommendations for Libya’s Next Government

By: Hafed Al-Ghwell and Paul Dyer 14 October 2012There is no doubt that the newly elected government in Libya – both the legislative and executive bra...

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US putting together list of targets following Benghazi consulate attack
Oct 3 George Grant

US putting together list of targets following Benghazi consulate attack

The 11 September attack on the consulate left four Americans dead, including the US Ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens.Tripoli, 3 October:The Un...

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Oct 2 Michel Cousins

Magarief apologises for "secular state" misunderstanding

By Michel Cousins.Tripoli, 2 October:Mohammed Magarief, President of the General National Congress, moved fast to diffuse the growing row over his sta...

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