Jan 20 Sami Zaptia

Zeidan attempts to save his government in a live interview

By Sami Zaptia. Tripoli, 20 January 2014:Speaking live from Sebha in an interview on the Qatar-based Libya Al-Ahrar statellite TV channel, Prime Minis...

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Jan 20 Sami Zaptia

No reversal of militia demobilization policy: government

By Sami Zaptia. Tripoli, 20 January 2014: Following the "state of emergency" that Libya has declared and the raised level of security as a result of...

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Jan 17 Sami Zaptia

Zeidan threatens to use force, again. Says police are "terrorized" by militias.

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 17 January 2014: Commenting during Tuesday's (14 January) press conference on the assassination the previous Sunday of the Dep...

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Jan 16 Michel Cousins

Sack Zeidan or take blame for Libya’s woes, Muslim Brotherhood tells Congress

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 16 January 2014:The Muslim Brotherhood of Libya has said that Congress must vote to remove Ali Zeidan and his governmen...

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Zeidan in Riyadh
Jan 16 Michel Cousins

Zeidan in Riyadh

By Libya Herald correspondent.Riyadh, 16 January 2014:The Prime Minister is in the Saudi Arabian capital, Riyadh, for meetings with the Saudi governme...

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Amal El-Haj: the woman who would be prime minister
Jan 14 Nigel Ash

Amal El-Haj: the woman who would be prime minister

By Ahmed Elumami.Amal El-HajTripoli, 14 January 2013:Political activist, Amal Al-Taher El-Haj has put her name forward to the General National Congres...

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Jan 12 Nigel Ash

GNC wants new PM agreed before it will vote on Zeidan

By Ahmed Elumami.Tripoli, 12 January 2014:It appears that the General National Congress is not prepared to hold a vote of  confidence in prime ministe...

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Jan 12 Michel Cousins

Opinion: Is Jadhran bad for business?

British businessman Richard Galustian, who has lived in Libya since the revolution, asks just how bad Jadhran is for Libya’s international business pr...

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History will not record that I abandoned the nation - Zeidan
Jan 9 Sami Zaptia

History will not record that I abandoned the nation - Zeidan

By Sami Zaptia. Tripoli, 9 January 2014: With on-going, but small, demonstrations calling for the Prime Minister and his government to resign, and...

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Protestors besiege Congress demanding it sack the Prime Minister
Jan 7 Michel Cousins

Protestors besiege Congress demanding it sack the Prime Minister

By Ahmed Elumami.The Prime Minister at Congress when he was appointedTripoli, 7 January 2014:The General National Congress was blockaded this afternoo...

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