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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Jadhran denies deal with Israeli lobbyist and seeking recognition of a breakaway state
Jan 11 Nigel Ash

Jadhran denies deal with Israeli lobbyist and seeking recognition of a breakaway state

By Ashraf Abdul Wahab.Ibrahim Jadhran speaking this afternoonTripoli, 11 January 2014:Cyrenaican break-away leader Ibrahim Jadhran today denied that h...

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Ben-Menashe expected Jadhran to deny his lobbying deal
Jan 10 Nigel Ash

Ben-Menashe expected Jadhran to deny his lobbying deal

By Ahmed Elumami and Nigel Ash Tripoli and London, 10 January 2014:Ari Ben-Menashe, the Canadian-Israeli lobbyist who insists he was hired by the Poli...

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Cyrenaica tribal elders reaffirm support for Jadhran, promise to export oil
Dec 22 Michel Cousins

Cyrenaica tribal elders reaffirm support for Jadhran, promise to export oil

By Ahmed Obeidi.Benghazi, 22 December 2013:Tribal chiefs and supporters of federalism have warned the government, Congress and the Libya Revolutionari...

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Nov 11 Sami Zaptia

Thuwar must accept responsibility, must not use force - Zeidan

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 11 November 2013:At yesterday's press conference, Prime Minister Ali Zeidan said that his government "will not allow the prest...

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Oct 24 Michel Cousins

Cyrenaica "government" unveiled

By Ahmed Elumami.1950 Stamp of CyrenaicaTripoli, 24 October 2013:Federalists announced a government for Cyrenaica today. Consisting of a prime ministe...

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Oct 22 Michel Cousins

Benghazi Islamists reach out to local tribe and moderate federalists

By Libya Herald staff. Benghazi/Tripoli, 22 October 2013:Ismail Salabi, one of the Benghazi’s main Islamist leaders and a commander of the Libya Shiel...

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Sep 28 Michel Cousins

Sebha rejects Fezzan federalists

By Ashraf Abdul-Wahab.Tripoli, 28 September 2013:Sebha Local Council has condemned plans by Fezzan federalists  to set up a “Fezzan Supreme Council”. ...

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Fezzan federalists plan in Obari
Sep 27 Michel Cousins

Fezzan federalists plan in Obari

By Hadi Fornaji.Tripoli, 27 September 2013:A group of tribal elders in southern Libya are reported to have held a preparatory meeting in Obari on Thur...

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Fezzan: no state, three peoples
Sep 22 Michel Cousins

Fezzan: no state, three peoples

By Mathieu Galtier.Sebha, 22 September 2013:The King (of Kings of Africa) is dead. Long live the people!Since the death of Qaddafi, control of Fezzan...

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