Tripoli PM Aldabaiba decrees reorganisation of some security units following Ghnewa Kikly’s reported killing
May 14 Sami Zaptia

Tripoli PM Aldabaiba decrees reorganisation of some security units following Ghnewa Kikly’s reported killing

‎Tripoli based Libyan Prime Minister Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba issued a package of decrees that he described as "decisive within the measures to impose th...

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NOC lifts force majeure at Sabah field
May 17 Sami Zaptia

NOC lifts force majeure at Sabah field

Libya’s state National Oil Corporation (NOC) announced Wednesday (15 May) the return of operations in the Al-Sabah oil field after the lifting of the...

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Tripoli Chamber of Commerce expresses dissatisfaction with CBL’s LC policy
Feb 29 Sami Zaptia

Tripoli Chamber of Commerce expresses dissatisfaction with CBL’s LC policy

In a published statement last Tuesday, the Tripoli Chamber of Commerce addressed the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) on behalf of its members due to their...

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Misrata Chamber to hold protest in front of the CBL to ‘‘escalate the situation’’ regarding unfair monetary policy and policy neglect
Feb 29 Sami Zaptia

Misrata Chamber to hold protest in front of the CBL to ‘‘escalate the situation’’ regarding unfair monetary policy and policy neglect

Misrata Chamber of Commerce held a meeting today its headquarters headed by its chairman, Fathi Al-Amin Al-Turki with several Misrata city merchants a...

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Concealed spat between Tripoli PM and Central Bank Governor goes public
Feb 29 Sami Zaptia

Concealed spat between Tripoli PM and Central Bank Governor goes public

The widely known secret of the spat between the Tripoli based Libyan prime minister, Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba, and the Central Bank of Libya Governor, Sa...

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Dinar crashes as oilfields are closed by Petroleum Facilities Guards seeking improved pay
Feb 25 Sami Zaptia

Dinar crashes as oilfields are closed by Petroleum Facilities Guards seeking improved pay

The Libya dinar crashed further in value in the black-market against the major hard currencies as the security forces charged with guarding all of Lib...

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PFG blockade oil exports: labour dispute or political obstruction?
Jan 25 Sami Zaptia

PFG blockade oil exports: labour dispute or political obstruction?

By Sami Zaptia.London, 25 January 2021: The Petroleum Facilities Guards (PFG), the state recognized security force tasked with protecting Libya’s oil...

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Jan 9 Sami Zaptia

UNSMIL and Libya Security Working Group reiterate support to full implementation of ceasefire, international ceasefire monitors expected

By Sami Zaptia.London, 9 January 2021: UNSMIL reported today that on 6 January, the co-chairs of the Security Working Group (SWG) for Libya, represent...

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Oct 23 Sami Zaptia

Immediate and permanent ceasefire agreement throughout Libya signed in Geneva

By Sami Zaptia.London, 23 October 2020: The United Nations Support Mission in Libya today announced that during the 5 + 5 Libyan Joint Military Commis...

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Aug 21 Sami Zaptia

NOC conditionally welcomes call for resumption of oil production and exports

By Sami Zaptia.(Logo: NOC).London, 21 August 2020:Libya’s state National Oil Corporation (NOC) today welcomed the call for the resumption of oil produ...

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