UNSMIL congratulates citizens of 26 municipalities for successful conduct of local elections - calls for holding of suspended elections
Aug 17 Sami Zaptia

UNSMIL congratulates citizens of 26 municipalities for successful conduct of local elections - calls for holding of suspended elections

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) today congratulated the citizens of 26 Libyan municipalities for the successful conduct of Munici...

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Feb 21 Sami Zaptia

UNSMIL concerned by kidnap of young woman in Zawia

By Sami Zaptia.London, 21 February 2021: UNSMIL is deeply concerned for the safety of Widad Al Shergi, a young Libyan woman who was arbitrarily detain...

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Dec 1 Sami Zaptia

Bad weather closes Libyan oil terminals

By Sami Zaptia.(NOC) London, 1 December 2018:Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) yesterday confirmed that a number of the country's crude oil termi...

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Zintan and Kikla make peace
Jan 20 Nigel Ash

Zintan and Kikla make peace

By Saber Ayyub.Tripoli, 20 January 2016:This evening some refugees from Kikla have been returning to their homes in the Jebel Nafusa town after a deal...

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Dec 8 Sami Zaptia

Militia clashes in Zawiya leave death and destruction

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 8 December 2015:Inter militia clashes in Zawiya left two civilians, including a child, dead and many injured by gunsho...

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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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Jul 8 Michel Cousins

Libya Elects & Celebrates in Style

Umar Khan gives a flavour of how the election went. The voting officially stopped at 8pm last night in most of the polling stations with only the vot...

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Zawiya offers National Conference seats to Benghazi in extraordinary bid to diffuse federalism row
Jul 3 George Grant

Zawiya offers National Conference seats to Benghazi in extraordinary bid to diffuse federalism row

By George Grant.Zawiya, 3 July:The western city of Zawiya has launched an extraordinary bid to defuse pro-federalist tensions in eastern Libya by offe...

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May 16 George Grant

Two killed in clashes in Sorman

Sorman, 16 May:At least two people have been killed and a third wounded in clashes in the northwestern town of Sorman.The incident, which occurred on...

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First trial of Qaddafi supporters underway
May 10 Michel Cousins

First trial of Qaddafi supporters underway

Zawiya, 10 May:The first civil trial of five alleged supporters of the Qaddafi regime began in Zawiya on Tuesday. The men are accused of planning to c...

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