Nov 5 Michel Cousins

French Islamic New Year message calls on Libyans to continue to build democracy

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 4 November 2013:In an Islamic New Year greeting, the French embassy in Tripoli has called on Libyans to persevere with...

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UNSMIL welcomes start of Constitution-Drafting Assembly elections
Sep 25 thomwestcott

UNSMIL welcomes start of Constitution-Drafting Assembly elections

Tripoli, 25 September 2013:The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has welcomed the announcement by the High National Elections Commissio...

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Apr 19 Sami Zaptia

A New Deal: Reforming US Defense Cooperation with Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia

Washington DC, 19 April, 2013:Former US Army Chief George Casey and US Congressman Jim Kolbe argue that the transitions in Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia w...

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Apr 11 Nigel Ash

The Constitutional Commission will be elected and the political isolation law is constitutional, rules Congress

By Valerie Stocker,Tripoli, 11 April 2013:The General National Congress last night confirmed that the Commission that will draft Libya’s new Constitut...

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Feb 11 Nigel Ash

New Libyan political party formed

By Ahmed Ruhayem.Benghazi, 11 February 2013:A new Libyan political grouping, the National Consensus Party has been formed. Younis Fannush, member of t...

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Opinion: The role of women and youth in Libyan media
Jan 27 Sami Zaptia

Opinion: The role of women and youth in Libyan media

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 27 January:I was honoured to be asked to take part in a panel discussion on day one of the One Voice 2013 women’s conference t...

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Libya one of the world’s freedom success stories
Jan 20 thomwestcott

Libya one of the world’s freedom success stories

Tripoli, 20 January:In terms of freedom Libya showed some of the biggest gains of any country during 2012, according to the ‘Freedom in the World 2013...

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Dec 30 Sami Zaptia

Libya Primed for Constitutional Success

By Lorianne Updike Toler.New York City, 30 December:The turbulence and controversy surrounding the production and ratification of Egypt and Tunisia’s...

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Don't just focus on the negatives, Libyan female activist tells BBC interviewer
Dec 9 thomwestcott

Don't just focus on the negatives, Libyan female activist tells BBC interviewer

By Tom Westcott. Alaa Murabit, founder and chairwoman of the Voice of Libyan Women, who told BBC Woman's Hour interviewer that women in Libya are maki...

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Nov 19 Michel Cousins

Libya's security problems will be solved says confident Japan

Tripoli, 19 November:Japan says that it expects the security situation in Libya to improve following the handover to the new government of Prime Minis...

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