The state is weak and public must be patient- Zeidan
May 29 Sami Zaptia

The state is weak and public must be patient- Zeidan

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 29 May 2013:Not for the first time over the last few weeks, Prime Minister Ali Zeidan reiterated the fact that the Libyan stat...

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Defining Libya’s Constitutional Timeline (Part III)
Mar 31 Nigel Ash

Defining Libya’s Constitutional Timeline (Part III)

By Lorianne Updike TolerLondon, 31 March 2013:Now that the GNC’s squatting problem has been resolved, it can refocus energies on defining Libya’s cons...

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Mar 19 Nigel Ash

Social networker's online petition takes off

By Hadi FornajiTripoli, 19 March 2013:An open letter to the government and Congress written by a social networker has snowballed into an online petiti...

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15 February unrest points to importance of Constitutional Process Design (Part I)
Feb 14 Michel Cousins

15 February unrest points to importance of Constitutional Process Design (Part I)

By Lorianne Updike Toler.Tripoli, 14 February 2013:Planned country-wide demonstrations tomorrow, Friday, the proliferation of checkpoints, the cancela...

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Feb 12 Michel Cousins

LFIC directors banned by Integrity Commission

Tripoli, 12 February 2013:The Integrity Commission announced today, Tuesday, that it has disbarred three directors of the Libyan Foreign Investment Co...

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GNC decides on elections, Adrian Pelt would be pleased
Feb 6 thomwestcott

GNC decides on elections, Adrian Pelt would be pleased

By Lorianne Updike Toler Libya Commissioner Mr. Adrian Pelt (center) with David Vaughan (left), Acting Secretary-General for UN Department of Conferen...

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Feb 5 Nigel Ash

GNC security not our job, says Interior Minister.

Tripoli, 5 February 2013:The Minister of the Interior Ashour Suleiman Shuwail said today, Tuesday, that it was not his ministry’s responsibility to pr...

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National Planning Council holds conference
Dec 31 Sami Zaptia

National Planning Council holds conference

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 31 December:The National Planning Council (NPC), the consultative body for the GNC,  held a conference in Tripoli yesterday un...

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Opinion: Does Libya have a President now?
Nov 25 Sami Zaptia

Opinion: Does Libya have a President now?

By Sufyan Maghur.Tripoli, 25 November:I have been following, as any other Libyan, the activities of the General National Congress and its President’s...

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All local council elections set to be banned until after permanent Constitution is ratified
Nov 18 George Grant

All local council elections set to be banned until after permanent Constitution is ratified

By George Grant.Tripoli, 18 November:--------Update: For an update on this issue see the Libya Herald article of 20 November which can be access here....

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