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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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National Transitional Council

The National Transitional Council (NTC) was a transitional government established during the 2011 Libyan civil war. Its formation was announced on 27 February 2011 in Benghazi, aiming to be the "political face of the revolution&quot...

After a ten-year hiatus, the Real Estate Registry only partially reactivated: News and analysis
Apr 20 Sami Zaptia

After a ten-year hiatus, the Real Estate Registry only partially reactivated: News and analysis

Contrary to some confusion about the circulating news, Libya’s Real Estate Registry has only been partially reactivated after a ten-year closure follo...

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Legal opinion voiding all NGOs whilst not to be ignored, only binding on intended target: Tumi Law Firm
Mar 15 Sami Zaptia

Legal opinion voiding all NGOs whilst not to be ignored, only binding on intended target: Tumi Law Firm

Libya's Tumi Law Firm says that the Law Department of the Supreme Council of Law issued a significant, almost ground-breaking, legal opinion on 8 Marc...

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Najla Mangoush – Libya’s first female Foreign Minister
Mar 11 Sami Zaptia

Najla Mangoush – Libya’s first female Foreign Minister

By Sami Zaptia.London, 11 March 2021:Libya’s new Foreign Minister is Najla Mohamed El-Mangoush. Fluent in English, she trained as a lawyer at Benghazi...

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Feb 24 Sami Zaptia

Serraj government proposes further decentralization

By Sami Zaptia.As Libya's Coronavirus pandemic continues to spiral out of control, the Tripoli government has extended the 10-day curfew, made mask-we...

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Apr 21 Sami Zaptia

Libya’s former prime minister Al-Kib dies

By Sami Zaptia.Former Libyan Prime Minister Al-Kib died in the USA today (Photo: Libya Herald archives from Libyan TV).London, 21 April 2020:Libya’s f...

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Mahmoud Jibril, former head of Libya’s 2011 revolution’s Executive Office and NFA head, dies of Coronavirus complications in Cairo hospital today
Apr 5 Sami Zaptia

Mahmoud Jibril, former head of Libya’s 2011 revolution’s Executive Office and NFA head, dies of Coronavirus complications in Cairo hospital today

By Sami Zaptia. London, 5 April 2020:Mahmoud Jibril, former head of Libya’s 2011 anti-Qaddafi revolution Executive Office and in 2014 head of the Nati...

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Sep 13 Sami Zaptia

UN Security Council extends UNSMIL mandate until 2019

By Sami Zaptia. The UN Security Council has extended UNSMIL's mandate until 15 September 2019 (Photo from archives).Dusseldorf, 13 September 2018:The...

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Nov 27 Michel Cousins

Mustafa El-Huni dies

By Libya Herald rporter.Mustafa El-HuniTunis, 27 November 2017:Mustafa Al-Salihin Mohammed El-Huni, one of the leaders of the National Transitional Co...

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Sep 1 Michel Cousins

Op-Ed: An uncertain future for Libyan local governance

By Mohamed Elmagbri and Josiah Cohen.August 2017:“We don’t need democracy. We need security!”This desperate cry now characterises the bleak sentiment...

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Presidency Council takes on a new spokesman
Oct 24 Nigel Ash

Presidency Council takes on a new spokesman

By Moutaz Mathi.Tripoli, 24 October 2016:The Presidency Council has decided that it needs a new official spokesman.Ashraf Tulty, the man chosen for th...

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