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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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The Voice of Libyan Women

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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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Purple Hijab day to celebrate annual call for end to domestic violence
Feb 10 Sami Zaptia

Purple Hijab day to celebrate annual call for end to domestic violence

By Libya Herald reporter. Malta, 10 February 2015: On February 12, 2009, Aasiya Zubair, a Muslim American co-founder of Bridges TV (a network dedica...

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Opinion: Reclaiming faith
Feb 10 Sami Zaptia

Opinion: Reclaiming faith

By Alaa Murabit.Alaa Murabit writes about her work to build religious literacy as a strategy for countering extremism. She identifies the pursuit of p...

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Founder of The Voice of Libyan Women selected for UN advisory group
Nov 6 Newsdesk2

Founder of The Voice of Libyan Women selected for UN advisory group

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 6 November 2014:Libyan activist Alaa Murabit recently added two new honours to her long list of accolades.Murabit was n...

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Jan 19 Sami Zaptia

The Voice of Libyan Women’s premises vandalized

Zawia, 19 January 2013:The Voice of Libyan Women’s (VLW) Zawia Women's Centre premises were the subject of vandalism on the night of 15 January.VLW do...

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Magarief strongly supports women’s inclusion in the constitution drafting committee
Dec 27 Sami Zaptia

Magarief strongly supports women’s inclusion in the constitution drafting committee

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 27 December:Libya’s leading women’s NGOs met with GNC head Mohamed Magarief yesterday morning at the GNC office buildings to h...

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Dec 17 Sami Zaptia

Opinion: Women’s rights in Libya – a positive viewpoint.

By Alaa Murabit.Zawia, 17 December 2012:Due to recent media attention painting a negative picture on certain incidents related to women's rights issue...

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Jul 15 Sami Zaptia

Libya’s elections: What comes next?

By Alaa Murabit. Zawia, 15 July: I didn't wash my finger for 2 days - purposely avoiding the water just so that the blue stain I received when votin...

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Jul 12 Sami Zaptia

Citizens Anew and Grantees Too - Violence and Democracy in Libya

Tripoli, 12 July:As the world awaits the results of Libya’s first free national election in 60 years, the Global Fund for Women knows that violence ag...

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