Power and water start to be reconnected in Sirte
Feb 7 Nigel Ash

Power and water start to be reconnected in Sirte

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli, 7 February 2017:Engineers are beginning to restore power and water supplies in Sirte, despite the risks from unexpl...

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Fresh fighting in Janzour as ceasefire breaks down
Feb 5 Michel Cousins

Fresh fighting in Janzour as ceasefire breaks down

By Jamie Prentis.Tunis, 5 February 2016:Clashes again broke out in the west Tripoli suburb of Janzour today, Sunday, as local fighters took on militia...

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Turkish construction company ENKA to resume work on stalled Obari power station?
Jan 29 Sami Zaptia

Turkish construction company ENKA to resume work on stalled Obari power station?

By Sami Zaptia. Turkish construction company ENKA Teknik signs an agreement to restart work on the nearly-finished Obari power plant (Photo: GECOL).Lo...

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Jan 22 Nigel Ash

Electrical power is returning but not enough and not everywhere

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli, 22 January  2017:Power is slowly returning to western Libya as GECOL announces measures to end the persistent cripp...

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Jan 18 Michel Cousins

Serraj not going to world economic summit

By Libya Herald reporter.Serraj has announced that he will not be going to the Davos meeting in order to concentrate on solving the country's cripplin...

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Jan 16 Michel Cousins

Wishefana Zawia tobacco peace deal raises hopes of end to Libya power shortages

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli/Tunis, 16 January 2017:The Wirshefana and Zawia have agreed a peace deal that raises hopes of an end to the current...

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Jan 15 Sami Zaptia

Power returns gradually after total blackout to most Libya

 By Sami Zaptia. London, 15 January 2017: Electricity supply began to return gradually to parts of Libya in the early hours of this morning after a to...

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Jan 9 Sami Zaptia

Libya in total power blackout warning after fuel pipeline is shut off by protestors

By Sami Zaptia.Protestors, believed to be fuel smugglers, have shut down the fuel pipeline feeding GECOL's power plant in Zawia.London, 9 January 2017...

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The east suffers two major power cuts in 36 hours
Dec 21 Nigel Ash

The east suffers two major power cuts in 36 hours

By Libya Herald reporters. Benghazi, 21 december 2016:Executives at state electricity company GECOL this evening insisted that technicians had fixed m...

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Zawia power station attacked
Dec 19 Michel Cousins

Zawia power station attacked

By Libya Herald reporter. Zawia power station (Photo: Hyundai)Tripoli, 19 December 2016:Zawia’s Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) power station was at...

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