Mar 28 Michel Cousins

Clocks go forward Friday

Tripoli, 28 March 2013:Clocks will go forward an hour at one o’clock in the morning, tomorrow, Friday, 29 March, when summer time begins.The change ha...

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Zeidan government takes power in second handover ceremony
Nov 18 George Grant

Zeidan government takes power in second handover ceremony

Tripoli, 18 November:The government of Prime Minister Ali Zeidan formally took power from the outgoing government of Abdurrahim Al-Kib at a handover c...

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Nov 4 Michel Cousins

Clocks to go back an hour on Saturday

Tripoli, 4 November:It has been announced that clocks will go back an hour at two o’clock in the morning of Saturday, 10 November.The decision was tak...

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Armed protestors try to storm Prime Minister's headquarters; 1 killed
May 8 Michel Cousins

Armed protestors try to storm Prime Minister's headquarters; 1 killed

By Umar Khan. Tripoli, 8 May: One security official was killed and four others injured when armed protestors tried to force their way inside the P...

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Deputy Health Minister removed
May 6 Michel Cousins

Deputy Health Minister removed

Tripoli, 6 May:Prime Minister Abdurrahim Al-Kib has removed the Deputy Minister of Health from his post.  Adel Mohamed Abushofah was ruled ineligible...

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Apr 29 Michel Cousins

Al-Kib government remains in office

Tripoli, 29 April:The much-rumoured sacking of the government by the NTC or even a cabinet reshuffle failed to materialize on Sunday, as most observer...

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Apr 29 Michel Cousins

Prime Minister prevented from flying out of Benghazi

Benghazi, 29 April:Prime Minister Abdurrahim Al-Kib was prevented by thuwar (revolutionaries) from flying out of Benghazi’s Benina airport on Saturday...

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Apr 16 Sami Zaptia

Al-Kib forced to defend his government’s record.

Tripoli, 16 April:Beleaguered Libyan Prime Minister Abdurrahim Al-Kib defended the record of his transitional government yesterday saying that the obj...

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Prime Minister Al-Kib talks to the nation
Mar 7 Michel Cousins

Prime Minister Al-Kib talks to the nation

Prime Minister Al-Kib on TV on Monday nightby Sami Zaptia.Libyan politics came to a crescendo this week in the lead-up to the first anniversary of the...

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