Jun 3 Sami Zaptia

Libyan judges receive training in Czech Republic

Tripoli, 3 June 2013:During the last week of May, the Ministry of Justice of the Czech Republic and the United Nations Development Programme in Libya...

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UN and UK deplore Benghazi attack
May 14 Nigel Ash

UN and UK deplore Benghazi attack

By Hadi Fornaji.Tripoli, 14 May 2013:The United Nations Security Council today condemned in “the strongest terms” the “heinous” Benghazi attack near t...

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May 5 Michel Cousins

Last minute arguments on Political Isolation Law

Tripoli, 5  May 2013:Political parties and blocks in the General National Congress were still discussing the Political Isolation Law early this aftern...

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Mar 17 Michel Cousins

Attorney General resigns, replaced by Supreme Court adviser

Tripoli, 17 March 2013:The Attorney General, Abdulaziz Al-Hasadi, has submitted his resignation to the Supreme Judicial Council over the weekend. He r...

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UNSMIL mandate extended and sanctions eased; Zeidan claims progress,
Mar 14 thomwestcott

UNSMIL mandate extended and sanctions eased; Zeidan claims progress,

By Tom Westcott.Tripoli, 14 March 2013:The UN Security Council voted today, Thursday, to renew the mandate of the United Nations Support Mission in Li...

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Obama tells Zeidan of US support for Libya’s democratisation
Mar 13 Michel Cousins

Obama tells Zeidan of US support for Libya’s democratisation

Washington, 13 March 2103:In his first visit to Washington as Libyan Prime Minister, Ali Zeidan was told by President Barack Obama today, Wednesday, o...

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De Sanctis attack condemned
Jan 14 Nigel Ash

De Sanctis attack condemned

 Tripoli, 14 JanuaryItaly’s foreign minister, Giulio Terzi has strongly condemned the failed attack on his country’s Benghazi consul, as has the city’...

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UN's Mitri in Benghazi
Nov 30 Michel Cousins

UN's Mitri in Benghazi

Tripoli, 30 November:Tarek Mitri, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Libya, was in Benghazi on 29 November to meet with the ci...

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Baghdadi Al-Mahmoudi trial adjourned as defence lawyer decries extradition as "illegal"
Nov 12 Nigel Ash

Baghdadi Al-Mahmoudi trial adjourned as defence lawyer decries extradition as "illegal"

By Houda Mzioudet.Baghdadi Al-Mahmoudi was Qaddafi's last prime minister.Tripoli, 12 November 2012:The trial of Baghdadi Al-Mahmoudi opened and was ad...

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LIA claws back more Italian assets
Nov 7 Nigel Ash

LIA claws back more Italian assets

By Hadi Fornaji.Tripoli, 7 November:An Italian court has ordered that Qaddafi-era holdings in two major Italian firms to be returned to Libya.The pres...

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