UNSG Guterres calls for opening of investigations into collapse of Derna dams
Sep 20 Sami Zaptia

UNSG Guterres calls for opening of investigations into collapse of Derna dams

Speaking at the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly yesterday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stressed the importance of openin...

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Libya’s Washington embassy to start issuing passports
Sep 30 Sami Zaptia

Libya’s Washington embassy to start issuing passports

The Libyan embassy in Washington DC announced Wednesday that it will start issuing passports to citizens. Residents in the US have been awaiting this...

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Libya regains its right to vote at UN General Assembly after paying some of its outstanding membership fees
Jan 21 Sami Zaptia

Libya regains its right to vote at UN General Assembly after paying some of its outstanding membership fees

By Sami Zaptia.London, 21 January 2021: Libya has regained its right to vote at the UN General Assembly after it has paid some of its outstanding memb...

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UN Security Council backs Salamé's Action Plan
Oct 11 Nigel Ash

UN Security Council backs Salamé's Action Plan

By Zeinab Mohammed Salih. New York, 11 October 2017:The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has backed UNSMIL chief Ghassan Salamé’s Action Plan an...

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Feb 4 Michel Cousins

Libya loses voting rights at UN General Assembly over non-payment of UN dues

By Libya Herald reporter.Libyan flag at the UN (file Photo)Tunis, 4 February 2016:Libya has had its voting rights UN General Assembly (UNGA) suspended...

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Ali Treiki dies in Cairo
Oct 19 Michel Cousins

Ali Treiki dies in Cairo

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 19 October 2015:Ali Treiki, who twice served as the Qaddafi regime’s foreign minister, died in Cairo today, aged 77.A...

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No blind eye for terrorism, Saleh warns UN
Sep 27 Nigel Ash

No blind eye for terrorism, Saleh warns UN

By Libya Herald reporters.Ageela Saleh at the UN in New York today (Photo:UN)Tripoli, 27 September 2015:It was unacceptable for the international comm...

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Dec 3 Nigel Ash

Reporters Without Borders slates Gariani murder

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli FM owner Radwan Ali Gariani, who was buried todayTripoli, 3 December 2013:Journalists in Libya continue to be exposed to...

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Sep 29 George Grant

Libya’s inclusion of women’s empowerment in address to the 67th UN General Assembly

Tripoli, 29 September:Of the 23 countries which addressed the UN General Assembly’s 13th plenary meeting on the afternoon of 27 September 2012, six ma...

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Obama reflects on Stevens murder
Sep 25 Nigel Ash

Obama reflects on Stevens murder

Tripoli, 25 September:In a powerful speech today to the United National General Assembly, President Obama has highlighted the love and respect late Am...

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