Mahmoud Jibril, former head of Libya’s 2011 revolution’s Executive Office and NFA head, dies of Coronavirus complications in Cairo hospital today
Apr 5 Sami Zaptia

Mahmoud Jibril, former head of Libya’s 2011 revolution’s Executive Office and NFA head, dies of Coronavirus complications in Cairo hospital today

By Sami Zaptia. London, 5 April 2020:Mahmoud Jibril, former head of Libya’s 2011 anti-Qaddafi revolution Executive Office and in 2014 head of the Nati...

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Misrata and Tawergha sign peace deal paving way for return
Jun 4 Sami Zaptia

Misrata and Tawergha sign peace deal paving way for return

By Sami Zaptia.London, 4 June 2018:Representatives of the city of Misrata and the town of Tawerga signed a reconciliation pact between the two in Misr...

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Sep 13 Michel Cousins

UNSMIL puts long-term detention of Libyan prisoners without trial under spotlight

By Libya Herald reporter. Ruhaimi prison (file photo)Tunis, 13 September 2017:The continued detention of Libyans held prisoner long-term without trial...

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Omar Mukhtar’s son welcomed at AGOCO
Jul 20 Michel Cousins

Omar Mukhtar’s son welcomed at AGOCO

By Hadi Fornaji.Tunis, 20 July 2017:The son of Libya’s revered fighter against Italian colonialism in the 1920s, Omar Mukhtar, visited the Benghazi he...

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Jun 16 Sami Zaptia

LFB wins Tunisian US$ 109 million appeal case

By Sami Zaptia.London, 16 June 2017: The Libyan Foreign Bank (LFB) has announced that a Tunisian court has ruled in its favour in the case brought aga...

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May 25 Michel Cousins

Italian business presses Rome government for support over 2011 Libya losses

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 25 May 2017:The Italian-Libyan Chamber of Commerce says that it is now hopeful that the Italian government is looking...

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Apr 25 Michel Cousins

Fourth Qaddafi-era arrest warrant issued by ICC; more expected

By Jamie Prentis.Tunis, 25 April 2017:After a six-year gap, the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague has issued an arrest warrant for a mem...

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Gharyan tribesmen release Qaddafi commander after five years
Mar 20 Nigel Ash

Gharyan tribesmen release Qaddafi commander after five years

By Jamie Prentis.Tunis, 20 March 2017:A former Qaddafi colonel from Tarhuna, captured five years ago in Gharyan, has been released, following negotiat...

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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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Poetry evening to commemorate achievements of revolution in Gharyan
Feb 22 Michel Cousins

Poetry evening to commemorate achievements of revolution in Gharyan

By Alessandra Bocchi.Tunis, 22 February 2017:The local branch in Gharyan of the General Authority for Film, Theatre and the Arts organised a creative...

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