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Two million POS transactions in a single day across 67,000 points cause collapse of e-payment system - CBL apologises UNSMIL warns of escalation in Zawia and calls for restraint ahead of Eid al-Adha Minister of Economy and Trade affirms Ministry's orientation towards building a more disciplined and transparent business environment Labour Ministry developing specific, secure and healthy Labour Housing Project for legal expatriate workers Head of Airports Authority inaugurates first meeting tasked with testing readiness of systems and equipment at Tripoli International Airport Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts releases its Q1 2026 Report for the Libyan Tourism Sector Libyan Express announces launch of direct flights between Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport and Malta starting 22 June Libyan Railroads meets China Civil Engineering Construction Corp. - joint committees to negotiate activating signed contracts Minister of Economy Abu Shiha approves 13 decisions related to foreign and joint ventures and commercial agencies Akakus Oil uses SLB’s Rhino Reamer technology - the first in the Middle East and North Africa – to successfully drill well M.24H-NC115 Two million POS transactions in a single day across 67,000 points cause collapse of e-payment system - CBL apologises UNSMIL warns of escalation in Zawia and calls for restraint ahead of Eid al-Adha Minister of Economy and Trade affirms Ministry's orientation towards building a more disciplined and transparent business environment Labour Ministry developing specific, secure and healthy Labour Housing Project for legal expatriate workers Head of Airports Authority inaugurates first meeting tasked with testing readiness of systems and equipment at Tripoli International Airport Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts releases its Q1 2026 Report for the Libyan Tourism Sector Libyan Express announces launch of direct flights between Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport and Malta starting 22 June Libyan Railroads meets China Civil Engineering Construction Corp. - joint committees to negotiate activating signed contracts Minister of Economy Abu Shiha approves 13 decisions related to foreign and joint ventures and commercial agencies Akakus Oil uses SLB’s Rhino Reamer technology - the first in the Middle East and North Africa – to successfully drill well M.24H-NC115 Two million POS transactions in a single day across 67,000 points cause collapse of e-payment system - CBL apologises UNSMIL warns of escalation in Zawia and calls for restraint ahead of Eid al-Adha Minister of Economy and Trade affirms Ministry's orientation towards building a more disciplined and transparent business environment Labour Ministry developing specific, secure and healthy Labour Housing Project for legal expatriate workers Head of Airports Authority inaugurates first meeting tasked with testing readiness of systems and equipment at Tripoli International Airport Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts releases its Q1 2026 Report for the Libyan Tourism Sector Libyan Express announces launch of direct flights between Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport and Malta starting 22 June Libyan Railroads meets China Civil Engineering Construction Corp. - joint committees to negotiate activating signed contracts Minister of Economy Abu Shiha approves 13 decisions related to foreign and joint ventures and commercial agencies Akakus Oil uses SLB’s Rhino Reamer technology - the first in the Middle East and North Africa – to successfully drill well M.24H-NC115 Two million POS transactions in a single day across 67,000 points cause collapse of e-payment system - CBL apologises UNSMIL warns of escalation in Zawia and calls for restraint ahead of Eid al-Adha Minister of Economy and Trade affirms Ministry's orientation towards building a more disciplined and transparent business environment Labour Ministry developing specific, secure and healthy Labour Housing Project for legal expatriate workers Head of Airports Authority inaugurates first meeting tasked with testing readiness of systems and equipment at Tripoli International Airport Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts releases its Q1 2026 Report for the Libyan Tourism Sector Libyan Express announces launch of direct flights between Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport and Malta starting 22 June Libyan Railroads meets China Civil Engineering Construction Corp. - joint committees to negotiate activating signed contracts Minister of Economy Abu Shiha approves 13 decisions related to foreign and joint ventures and commercial agencies Akakus Oil uses SLB’s Rhino Reamer technology - the first in the Middle East and North Africa – to successfully drill well M.24H-NC115
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Nov 16 Sami Zaptia

Women’s LPDF Block of 17 participants demand 30 percent of leadership position including Deputy PM

By Sami Zaptia.The Women's Block of 17 at the LPDF in Tunis demanded 30 percent of leadership positions and the post of Deputy Prime Minister (Photo:...

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Oct 16 Sami Zaptia

Women in Business Mentoring and Networking Programme launched

By Sami Zaptia.London, 16 October 2020: The German aid implementation agency GIZ announced today that on Tuesday, a group of Libyan businesswomen met...

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12 youth and women NGOs win up to US$ 15,000 UNDP grant for project proposals
Aug 13 Sami Zaptia

12 youth and women NGOs win up to US$ 15,000 UNDP grant for project proposals

By Sami Zaptia.London, 13 August 2020:After a series of training sessions by the UNDP and UN Women, 12 out of 20 youth and women NGOs in Libya were to...

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Competition to equip women with ICT skills to bridge Libyan entrepreneurial gender gap held in Tripoli
Feb 19 Sami Zaptia

Competition to equip women with ICT skills to bridge Libyan entrepreneurial gender gap held in Tripoli

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 19 February 2018:Ibtikar, the first Libyan social innovation competition specifically for women was held for three day...

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Libyan women business networking shows resilience and hope
Jun 21 Sami Zaptia

Libyan women business networking shows resilience and hope

By Intissar K. Rajabany.Tripoli, 21 June 2017:In its over four years of implementation by MEDA in Libya, the USAID Libya Women Economic Empowerment pr...

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Women psychologically unfit to be political leaders says Abu Sleem HoR member
May 3 Michel Cousins

Women psychologically unfit to be political leaders says Abu Sleem HoR member

By Hadi Fornaji.Tunis, 2 May 2017:Women cannot be trusted to hold positions of responsibility because, if pregnant, they will have irrational cravings...

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Mar 8 Nigel Ash

Martin Kobler stands by Libyan women's fight for rights

By Alessandra Bocchi. UNSMIL's Martin Kobler has spoken up for women's rights (File photo) Tunis, 8 March 2017:The United Nations stands by Libyan wom...

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Transparency, not nationality is the problem with UN appointments, say women in the Arab region
Feb 12 Sami Zaptia

Transparency, not nationality is the problem with UN appointments, say women in the Arab region

By Sami Zaptia.London, 12 February 2017: A group of ten Arab women NGOs, including from Libya, have released a statement condemning the United States’...

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Women MPs demand much greater role
Nov 12 Nigel Ash

Women MPs demand much greater role

By Libya Herald reporters.Tunis, 12 November 2016:Female members of the House of Representatives are demanding that from now on any parliamentary dele...

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Half of all MPs should be female says HoR member
Nov 10 Nigel Ash

Half of all MPs should be female says HoR member

By Libya Herald reporters.Tunis, 10 November 2016Within 15 years, half of all Libya’s decision-makers should be women, a female member of the  House o...

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