Breaking: LPDF approves voting mechanism for selecting next Libyan government
Jan 19 Sami Zaptia

Breaking: LPDF approves voting mechanism for selecting next Libyan government

By Sami Zaptia.London, 19 January 2021: UNSMIL has just announced that the 74-member Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) has today approved the sel...

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Sep 2 Sami Zaptia

Eastern Libyan government contracts Bank of Commerce and Development to build Benina airport terminal

By Sami Zaptia.The Eastern Libyan Interim Government has signed a 25-year BOT contract with the Bank of Commerce and Development to construct a passen...

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Benghazi Chamber holding workshop on private sector tomorrow
May 1 Sami Zaptia

Benghazi Chamber holding workshop on private sector tomorrow

By Sami Zaptia.London, 1 May 2019:The Benghazi Chamber of Commerce and Industry is holding a workshop on the Libyan private sector tomorrow at the Con...

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Hafter calls on Thinni government to prioritise payments for war casualties
Oct 13 Michel Cousins

Hafter calls on Thinni government to prioritise payments for war casualties

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 13 October 2017:The head of the Libyan National Army. Field Marshal Khalifa Hafter, has written to the Beida-based int...

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Beida government calls for proposals for Benghazi reconstruction; port reopening organised
Jul 8 Michel Cousins

Beida government calls for proposals for Benghazi reconstruction; port reopening organised

By Olfa Andolsi and Hadi Fornaji.Tunis, 8 July 2017:With Benghazi now declared liberated, the media, culture and civil society authority of the Beida-...

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Feb 19 Michel Cousins

Benina Airport asks LNA for permission to reopen

By Libya Herald reporter. Benina Airport in Benghazi (File photo)Benghazi, 19 February 2017:The management at Benghazi’s Benina Airport have asked the...

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Tawergha situation discussed by Thinni and community leaders
Feb 1 Michel Cousins

Tawergha situation discussed by Thinni and community leaders

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 1 February 2017:The continuing plight of the people of Tawergha was discussed by a delegation from the destroyed town...

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Oct 11 Sami Zaptia

Eastern government ends food subsidies?

By Sami Zaptia.Tomato paste has historically been subsidized by the state. But has not stopped the import of unsubsidized tomato paste to compete in p...

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Mar 24 Michel Cousins

Still “too early” for Benghazi reconstruction: top housing official

By Libya Herald reporter.Tripoli, 24 March 2016:It is still too early to talk of rebuilding Benghazi, according to the director of planning at Beida-b...

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New Benghazi passport office draws crowds
Mar 13 Michel Cousins

New Benghazi passport office draws crowds

By Ayman Amzein. The new Benghazi Passport Office in Salmani (Photo: Libya Herald)Benghazi, 13 March 2016:More than a thousand people turned up to the...

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