Nov 25 Michel Cousins

Media falls for fake Chad intervention story following CNN auction report

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 25 November 2017:Media across Africa have fallen for a story claiming that in the wake of the CNN investigation into s...

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Apr 15 Michel Cousins

Beida suicides prompt panic and incomprehension

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli, 15 April 2017:There is growing incredulity across Libya at what is being seen as an unusual wave of suicides in the...

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Sep 14 Michel Cousins

Doubts cast on Serbian doctor kidnapping report

By Libya Herald reporter.Tripoli, 14 September, 2105:Media reports that a Serbian doctor has been kidnapped in Tripoli are believed to be untrue, Serb...

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No hidden symbols on LD 10 banknotes, says CBL
Oct 29 thomwestcott

No hidden symbols on LD 10 banknotes, says CBL

By Libya Herald Staff.Tripoli, 29 October 2013:The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) has denied reports circulating that there is a Jewish symbol - the Star...

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Oct 28 thomwestcott

Minister not targeted by gunmen, Libyan media must check facts, says Ministry

Tripoli, 28 October 2013:The Ministry of Martyrs and Missing People has called upon Libyan journalists to verify stories before publishing them, after...

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Rumour mill reports Benghazi rubbish fire as plane crash
Oct 23 Michel Cousins

Rumour mill reports Benghazi rubbish fire as plane crash

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 23 October 2013:The ever-present rumour mill managed to surpass itself yesterday when, after black smoke were seen risi...

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Sep 26 Michel Cousins

TV reporter safe, not kidnapped

By Houda Mzioudet,Tripoli, 26 September 2013:Libya Al Ahrar, the Qatar-based TV station, has apologised for indicating that one of its Tripoli reporte...

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PM’s media office launches rumour control measure
Aug 14 Sami Zaptia

PM’s media office launches rumour control measure

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 14 August 2013:The Prime Minister’s Media and Communications Office launched a new rumour counter-measure initiative yesterday...

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Social networks get it wrong on Benghazi bomb death toll
May 14 Nigel Ash

Social networks get it wrong on Benghazi bomb death toll

By Ahmed Elumami, Ahmed Ruhayem and Ayman AmzainThe photographed list of the 14 "dead"Tripoli and Benghazi 14 May 2013A badly reproduced photograph of...

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Rumours of Jalil's death "greatly exaggerated"
Sep 30 George Grant

Rumours of Jalil's death "greatly exaggerated"

Rumours surfaced on Facebook this afternoon that Mustafa Jalil had died of a heart attack in Germany.Tripoli, 30 September:Former NTC Chairman Mustafa...

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