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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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UNHCR plans to evacuate 8,000 refugees in 2018
Dec 19 Michel Cousins

UNHCR plans to evacuate 8,000 refugees in 2018

By Moutaz Ali.Tripoli, 19 December 2017:The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said today it plans to evacuate between 5,000 and 8,000 refugees in Libya next y...

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Over 100 migrants rescued east of Tripoli
Dec 13 Michel Cousins

Over 100 migrants rescued east of Tripoli

By Libya Herald reporter.Tripoli, 13 December 2017:Some 113 migrants, all from sub-Saharan Africa, were rescued by the Tripoli coastguard today when t...

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UNHCR calls for urgent evacuation of 1,300 vulnerable refugees stuck in Libya
Dec 11 Michel Cousins

UNHCR calls for urgent evacuation of 1,300 vulnerable refugees stuck in Libya

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 11 December 2017:The UN’s refugee agency, UNHCR, has urgently appealed for 1,300 “highly vulnerable” refugees stranded...

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AU offers help to stop abuse of migrants in Libya
Nov 27 Michel Cousins

AU offers help to stop abuse of migrants in Libya

By Libya Herald reporter. Serraj with AU Commissioner for Social Affairs Amira El Fadil (Photo: PC media office)Tunis, 27 November 2017:The African Un...

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UN refugee agency wants Libyan security
Sep 20 Nigel Ash

UN refugee agency wants Libyan security

By Zeinab Mohammed Salih.New York, 20 September 2017:Security had to be improved before his own people could resume their work fully in Libya, the Uni...

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Jul 11 Nigel Ash

Vast majority of migrants is “economic” says UN

By Jamie Prentis. Most migrants are young men seeking a better life (File photo)Tunis, 11 July 2017:Around 80 percent of migrants transiting through L...

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Italy pledges help to reduce flow of migrants from Libya as numbers increase
Jul 6 Michel Cousins

Italy pledges help to reduce flow of migrants from Libya as numbers increase

By Hadi Fornji.Tunis, 6 July 2017:A conference in Rome on trying to control migration from what are being called “countries of transit” – which mainly...

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May 30 Nigel Ash

The migrant carnage continues as numbers surge

By Libya Herald reporters. Migrants still dying in unseaworthy vessels  (File photo: Italian Navy)Tripoli and Tunis, 30 May 2017:The UNHCR claims that...

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At least 239 migrants missing in two shipwrecks off Libya
Nov 3 Sami Zaptia

At least 239 migrants missing in two shipwrecks off Libya

By Sami Zaptia.London, 3 November 2016: At least 239 migrants are missing as a result of two separate shipwrecks off the Libyan coast, UNHCR spokeswom...

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Sep 1 Sami Zaptia

Recent migrant surge from Libya has many reasons beyond good weather: Analysis

By Sami Zaptia.London, 1 September 2016:There has been much speculation about the reasons for the recent sudden surge in migrants rescued in the Medit...

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