Libya needs a small, effective army: Former Chief of Staff Mangoush
Jul 30 Sami Zaptia

Libya needs a small, effective army: Former Chief of Staff Mangoush

By Sami Zaptia.Former Chief of Staff General Yousef Mangoush (centre) speaking at the Kings College event on Thursday about the rebuilding of Libya's...

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Jul 30 thomwestcott

New Chief of Staff appointed

Tripoli, 30 July 2013:Colonel Abdulsalam Jad Allah Al-Salheen Al-Obaidi has been appointed as the new Chief of Staff.Al-Obaidi has a degree in militar...

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Jun 29 Nigel Ash

GNC to reveal short-list for new army chief of staff

By Ahmed Elumami.Tripoli, 29 June 2013:The GNC Defence Committee will in the coming week, reveal a short-list of five senior army officers from whom t...

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Jun 28 Nigel Ash

PM and army chief at loggerheads over "inadequate" funding

By Ahmed Elumami.Tripoli, 28 June 2013:The row between the prime minister Ali Zeidan and the acting chief of staff Salem Gnaidi deepened  today when G...

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Jun 19 Michel Cousins

Opinion: Can we be optimistic about Libya's future?

By Najwa Bin Wahibah.Tripoli.Two years after the end of the 2011 uprising, the new Libya is still in the making and still suffers from instability and...

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Jun 18 Michel Cousins

Interior Ministry preparing master plan to dissolve all brigades

By Umar Khan.Tripoli, 18 June 2013:Following the General National Congress’s demand that Prime Minister Ali Zeidan set out plans to dissolve all briga...

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Jun 17 Michel Cousins

No extra troops sent to Kufra: official

By Ahmed Elumami.Tripoli, 17 June 2013:Reports that troops had been airlifted to Kufra to deal with a problems there have been denied by the spokesper...

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Benghazi tragedy sidelines Congress presidency vote
Jun 11 Michel Cousins

Benghazi tragedy sidelines Congress presidency vote

By Nihal Zaroug.Tripoli, 11 June 2013:The much anticipated vote for a new president of the General National Congress (GNC) to replace Mohamed Magarief...

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Mangoush resigns
Jun 9 Michel Cousins

Mangoush resigns

By Ahmed Elumami and Nihal Zaroug.Major-General Yousef MangoushThe Chief of Staff, Major-General Yousef Mangoush, has quit. He submitted in his resign...

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Benghazi Libya Shield Protests: at least 27 dead
Jun 9 Michel Cousins

Benghazi Libya Shield Protests: at least 27 dead

By Ayman Amzein and Maha Ellawati.Protestors take cover in fighting at Libya Shield headquartersBenghazi, 9 June 2013:The death toll in fighting yeste...

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