May 5 Michel Cousins

Abu Sleem municipality to open essential food distribution point at government prices

By Moutaz AliTripoli 5 May 2017:On Sunday, Abu Sleem Municipal Council is to open a distribution point for the sale of essential food items for needy...

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Meat protests in Tobruk
Apr 1 Nigel Ash

Meat protests in Tobruk

By Olfa Andolsi. Consumers are being kebabbed over meat prices (Photo: Social media)Tunis, 1 April 2017:The sharp rise in meat prices brought out an a...

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More dinars are flown in to Tripoli to ease currency shortage
Feb 2 Nigel Ash

More dinars are flown in to Tripoli to ease currency shortage

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli, 2 February 2017:A fresh shipment of banknotes has been flown into Tripoli’s Mitiga airport from the UK on a Moldova...

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Nov 26 Michel Cousins

Tripoli activists call on residents to join strike to protest living conditions

By Moutaz Ali.Tripoli, 26 November 2016:For a second day in a row, a group of local activists have been demonstrating in Tripoli’s Algeria Square over...

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Oct 19 Michel Cousins

Delivery of LD 400m and another LD 600m on the way stokes fear of further drop in dinar

By Libya Herald reporter.Tripoli, 19 October 2016:Four hundred million dinars worth of new bank notes printed by a UK company have been delivered to t...

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Libyan economy is near collapse: World Bank
Oct 11 Sami Zaptia

Libyan economy is near collapse: World Bank

By Sami Zaptia.London, 11 October 2016: ‘’The Libyan economy is near collapse as political stalemate and civil conflict prevent it from fully exploiti...

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Benghazi residents struggle on with everyday life on the eve of Eid-al-Adha
Sep 10 Sami Zaptia

Benghazi residents struggle on with everyday life on the eve of Eid-al-Adha

By Ibrahim Drissi.Benghazi, 10 September 2016:On the eve of the Eid-al-Adha (feast of sacrifice) holidays, the residents of Benghazi – and the eastern...

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Mar 7 Sami Zaptia

CBL insists that it has resumed opening of LCs

By Sami Zaptia.The CBL insists LCs are available but within its new conditions released in January (Logo: CBL).London, 7 March 2016:The Central Bank o...

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Ghat faces serious cash liquidity problem
Dec 8 Michel Cousins

Ghat faces serious cash liquidity problem

By Mustafa Khalifa.Ghat, 8 December 2015:Each time the news spreads in the far south western town of Ghat that there is money available at the local b...

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Grand Mufti labels currency dealers “criminals” as dinar plunges
Nov 5 Michel Cousins

Grand Mufti labels currency dealers “criminals” as dinar plunges

By Libya Herald reporter.Tripoli, 5 November 2015:Fearing arrest by militias, currency dealers in Tripoli kept their shops shut today after they were...

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