CBL requests Foreign Ministry to instruct employees to only use official foreign exchange bureaux – calls on authorities to close unlicensed foreign exchange shops
Feb 13 Sami Zaptia

CBL requests Foreign Ministry to instruct employees to only use official foreign exchange bureaux – calls on authorities to close unlicensed foreign exchange shops

In a letter leaked on Libyan media dated 12 February, the Governor of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL), Naji Issa, requested that Libya’s Minister of F...

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May 9 Michel Cousins

Clashes between rival militias cause panic in Tripoli

By Libya Herald reporter.Tripoli, 9 April 2017:At least one person was killed and a number of others injured today in central Tripoli when two rival l...

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Feb 1 Sami Zaptia

CBL to allow every Libyan citizen the right to buy US$ 400 at official exchange rate

By Sami Zaptia.The CBL will offer US$ 400 per annum at the official exchange rate to every Libyan citizen (Photo: Sami Zaptia).London, 1 February 2017...

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Bank managers video confession of FX corruption
Feb 12 Sami Zaptia

Bank managers video confession of FX corruption

By Sami Zaptia.London, 12 February 2016:Four bank managers of various levels and positions at the Wahda bank Jama Saga branch in central Tripoli made...

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Sep 11 Michel Cousins

Tripoli’s Nawasi brigade seeks to become currency police

By Libya Herald reporter. Dollars being counted at a currency exchange office in central Tripoli (file photo) Tripoli, 11 September 2015:Tripoli’s fea...

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