IOM Libya and UK government provide equipment to Benghazi’s Benina airport to help counter-trafficking operations
Feb 26 Sami Zaptia

IOM Libya and UK government provide equipment to Benghazi’s Benina airport to help counter-trafficking operations

IOM Libya reported yesterday that thanks to support by the UK government, it has helped strengthen counter-trafficking operations at Benghazi’s Benina...

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IOM supports Chadian Embassy in Tripoli with new IT and biometric equipment to help with issuance of travel documents for voluntary humanitarian returns
Oct 2 Sami Zaptia

IOM supports Chadian Embassy in Tripoli with new IT and biometric equipment to help with issuance of travel documents for voluntary humanitarian returns

IOM Libya reported last Tuesday (30 September) that during the week it supported the Chadian Embassy in Libya with the provision of new IT and biometr...

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AU’s Committee of Intelligence and Security Services of Africa (CISSA) opens its Tripoli office
Jan 20 Sami Zaptia

AU’s Committee of Intelligence and Security Services of Africa (CISSA) opens its Tripoli office

The African Union’s (AU) Committee of Intelligence and Security Services of Africa (CISSA) opened its Tripoli office last Friday (17 January).The open...

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Maltese PM Abela visits Tripoli, participates in the Mediterranean Migration Forum – 2020 MoU extension signed
Jul 19 Sami Zaptia

Maltese PM Abela visits Tripoli, participates in the Mediterranean Migration Forum – 2020 MoU extension signed

The Prime Minister of Malta Robert Abela, and his accompanying delegation, conducted a two-day visit to Libya last Tuesday (16 July) to hold bilateral...

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Italy to continue supporting Libyan agencies combatting migration, crime, and protecting borders
Oct 30 Sami Zaptia

Italy to continue supporting Libyan agencies combatting migration, crime, and protecting borders

The Ministry of Interior announced that the Libyan-Italian Working Group concerned with security affairs had reached an agreement last Wednesday (25 O...

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Italian embassy resumes visa issuance in Tripoli and Tobruk today
Mar 11 Sami Zaptia

Italian embassy resumes visa issuance in Tripoli and Tobruk today

By Sami Zaptia:London, 11 March 2018: The Italian embassy in Tripoli has announced that it will resume the issuing of visas from both Tripoli and Tobr...

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Germany continues to lead foreign financial support for Libya
Jan 3 Michel Cousins

Germany continues to lead foreign financial support for Libya

By Michel Cousins. German ambassador Christian Buck (Photo: LH)Tunis, 3 January 2018:Most Libyans are completely unaware that Germany is the largest f...

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UK Foreign secretary Boris Johnson in second Tripoli visit
Aug 23 Nigel Ash

UK Foreign secretary Boris Johnson in second Tripoli visit

By Libya Herald reporters.Tunis and London, 23 August 2017:The UK is to provide £15 million ($19 million) to the Presidency Council (PC) for mine clea...

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Security and migrants at centre of latest Libya-EU talks
Aug 2 Michel Cousins

Security and migrants at centre of latest Libya-EU talks

By Gabriel Harrison.Tunis, 2 August 2017:Continued EU support for the building capacity in Libya as well as Presidency Council’s security institutions...

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Bringing the desert together: How to advance Sahel-Maghreb integration
Jul 24 Sami Zaptia

Bringing the desert together: How to advance Sahel-Maghreb integration

By Libya Herald reporter.London, 24 July 2017:A policy paper by the European Council for Foreign Relations (ECFR) published last week says that intern...

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