Benghazi food market getting back to business after missile strike
Dec 16 Nigel Ash

Benghazi food market getting back to business after missile strike

By Adam Ali.Benghazi, 16 December 2014:Despite the damage from a missile strike to one of Benghazi’s main wholesale markets, there has only been a sli...

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UN World Food Programme convoy arrives in western Libya
Sep 22 Callum Paton

UN World Food Programme convoy arrives in western Libya

By Libya Herald staff. Tripoli, 22 September 2014: A seven-truck convoy from the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) and Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has arri...

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Benghazi's fish market flourishes, but consumers complain of price hikes
Jul 8 Newsdesk2

Benghazi's fish market flourishes, but consumers complain of price hikes

By Adam Kwafi.Benghazi, 8 July 2014:The Benghazi fish market, known locally as Al-Bankina, thrives during the month of Ramadan, brimming with fish fre...

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Apr 5 thomwestcott

Locals urged to return locust-fighting equipment as swarm descends

By Ashraf Abdul Wahab.Tripoli, 5 April 2014:The Ministry of Agriculture had urged anyone who has vehicles or equipment belonging to the country’s locu...

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Feb 4 Callum Paton

Libyan demand driving EU sheep exports

By Callum Paton.Tripoli, 4 February 2014:Sheep exports from Europe to Libya have shot up in the last five years, from 29,000 animals in 2009 to more t...

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Jan 29 Callum Paton

PM arrives in Addis Ababa for African Union summit

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 29 January 2014:Prime Minister Ali Zeidan arrived yesterday evening in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa to attend the...

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India offers to help establish agriculture testing centre
Aug 29 Michel Cousins

India offers to help establish agriculture testing centre

Agriculture Minister Saleh Hamed Mahjoub shakes hands with the Indian AmbassadorTripoli, 29 August 2013:India is offering to help set up a soil, water...

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Ramadan food baskets for needy families
Jul 19 Nihal Zaroug

Ramadan food baskets for needy families

By Nihal Zaroug.Tripoli, 19 July 2013:Since the start of the holy month, the Libyan Red Crescent (LRC) has been packing food items into “Ramadan baske...

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Tripoli's browned off bakers go on strike
Jun 3 Nigel Ash

Tripoli's browned off bakers go on strike

By Nihal Zaroug and Seraj Essul.Tripoli, 3 June 2013:Tripoli is experiencing a severe shortage of fresh bread because bakers have shut down their oven...

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Chicken prices soar as virus closes farms
Apr 17 thomwestcott

Chicken prices soar as virus closes farms

Serious outbreaks of a poultry virus are having a knock-on effect on the price of chicken (Photo: Tom Westcott)The price of chicken has shot up after...

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