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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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Salwa Bugaighis

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Jan 17 Sami Zaptia

Activists welcome Dutch UNSC investigation demand into murder of Salwa Bugaighis

By Libya Herald staff.Salwa Bughaigis with US ambassador Deborah Jones taken Tripoli in May 2014 (Photo: Sami Zaptia).Tunis, 17 January 2018:Libyan ac...

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Wafa Bugaighis formally becomes ambassador to US
Dec 1 Michel Cousins

Wafa Bugaighis formally becomes ambassador to US

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 1 December 2017:Three years after she was appointed as Libya’s chargé d’affaires to the US, Wafa Bugaighis finally bec...

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Arrested man says he killed Salwa Bugaighis: PFG
Nov 20 Nigel Ash

Arrested man says he killed Salwa Bugaighis: PFG

By Saber Ayyoub.MurdeSalwa BughaighisTripoli, 20 November 2015:A man arrested in Ras Lanuf  has reportedly confessed to the murder of lawyer and civil...

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LWPP at 30th Session of Human Rights Council welcomes fact-finding mission and warns of a fragile peace settlement
Oct 1 Sami Zaptia

LWPP at 30th Session of Human Rights Council welcomes fact-finding mission and warns of a fragile peace settlement

By Libya Herald reporter.Malta, 1 October 2015:The Libyan Women’s Platform For Peace (LWPP), a leading Libyan women’s NGO, made a joint statement with...

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Sep 17 Nigel Ash

Departing US envoy reflects on her time in, and out, of Libya

By Libya Herald reporters. Ambassador Jones in June 2013 at the start of her term (Photo: Sami Zaptia).Tunis, 17 September 2015:One of the saddest dec...

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Jun 27 Sami Zaptia

Oped: Salwa Bugaighis:  A loss of a nation

Salwa Bughaigis with US ambassador Deborah Jones taken Tripoli in May (Photo: Sami Zaptia). By Azza K. Maghur.  Ottawa, 27 June 2015:I was sitting i...

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Libyan woman gives opening address at UN 59th session of Commission on the Status of Women
Mar 11 Newsdesk2

Libyan woman gives opening address at UN 59th session of Commission on the Status of Women

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 11 March 2015:“As we open this 59th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), we must remember: we can ma...

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Intisar Hasairi: Respected differences, open to new ideas, treated people as human beings
Feb 27 Sami Zaptia

Intisar Hasairi: Respected differences, open to new ideas, treated people as human beings

By Libya Herald journalist.Intisar Al-Hasairi (Photo with permission of photographer Taha Krewi)Tunis, 27 February 2015:Tributes to murdered activist...

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Dec 14 Newsdesk2

Sharp rise in human rights abuses in 2014, says LFJL

By Libya Herald staff. Murdered blogger holding sign reading "Smile you are in Benghazi"Tripoli, 14 December 2014:As organisations and activists aroun...

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Nov 10 Editor01

Benghazi mayor replaced: report

By Libya Herald staff. Benghazi, 10 November 2014:It is reported that Benghazi’s mayor, Tariq Al-Urfi, has disappeared and today been replaced by Omar...

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