Demonstrators block roads with makeshift fires in protest at lengthening power cuts
Jun 30 Sami Zaptia

Demonstrators block roads with makeshift fires in protest at lengthening power cuts

Demonstrators, overwhelmingly youth, blocked several roads in the greater Tripoli area yesterday setting alight to debris and old car tyres. The prote...

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Lengthy power cuts lead to GECOL head Abdali being suspended
Jun 27 Sami Zaptia

Lengthy power cuts lead to GECOL head Abdali being suspended

The Tripoli-based Libyan Prime Minister, Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba, yesterday suspended the chairman of the General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL),...

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Interior Ministry denounces fatal Tripoli militia clashes and road closures
Jun 24 Sami Zaptia

Interior Ministry denounces fatal Tripoli militia clashes and road closures

Libya’s Tripoli-based Ministry of the Interior yesterday denounced Wednesday’s armed clashes in Tripoli and the closure of some coastal roadsThe Minis...

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HoR to hold unofficial session in Sirte to debate Bashagha government’s proposed 2022 budget
May 27 Sami Zaptia

HoR to hold unofficial session in Sirte to debate Bashagha government’s proposed 2022 budget

House of Representatives (HoR) Speaker Ageela Saleh has called for an unofficial session to be held in the city of Sirte next Tuesday 31 May.HoR Offic...

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Bashagha enters Tripoli briefly before being forced to exit swiftly in the face of determined militia opposition
May 17 Sami Zaptia

Bashagha enters Tripoli briefly before being forced to exit swiftly in the face of determined militia opposition

Fathi Bashagha the Libyan Prime Minister selected by the country’s parliament (the House of Representatives - HoR) in March this year secretly entered...

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HoR calls for formal session next Monday 9 May
May 5 Sami Zaptia

HoR calls for formal session next Monday 9 May

Libya’s parliament, the House of Representatives (HoR), called yesterday on all members to attend a formal session next Monday 9 May at its Tobruk hea...

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Tripoli militia attack update: Unreported deaths at Sreem attack - RPG attack on Support and Stability’s Hay Demashque centre
Apr 6 Sami Zaptia

Tripoli militia attack update: Unreported deaths at Sreem attack - RPG attack on Support and Stability’s Hay Demashque centre

There was an RPG attack on the Hay Demashque security point manned by Ghnewa Kikli’s Support and Stability personnel yesterday. The very loud bang was...

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Legality of HoR confidence vote in Bashagha government questioned
Mar 1 Sami Zaptia

Legality of HoR confidence vote in Bashagha government questioned

Within minutes of Libya’s parliament, the House of Representatives (HoR), granting Prime Minister designate Fathi Bashagha and his government a vote o...

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Three urgently-built power stations near completion – to be ready before peak summer demand: Aldabaiba government
Feb 27 Sami Zaptia

Three urgently-built power stations near completion – to be ready before peak summer demand: Aldabaiba government

The current Libyan Government of National Unity (GNU), led by Caretaker Prime Minister Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba, has promised that the three ‘‘urgent’’ p...

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MFA evacuates first batch of 200 stranded Libyans out of Ukraine – successive batches to follow
Feb 27 Sami Zaptia

MFA evacuates first batch of 200 stranded Libyans out of Ukraine – successive batches to follow

Libya’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced yesterday the departure of the first batch of stranded Libyans residing in Ukraine to Slovakia. The Mini...

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