After Ghadames, Thinni heads to Derj, Zintan and Awiniya
Sep 18 Michel Cousins

After Ghadames, Thinni heads to Derj, Zintan and Awiniya

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 18 September 2017:After visiting his home town of Ghadames, Beida-based interim prime minister Abdullah Al-Thinni was...

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Abu Sleem mayor sends Eid apologies
Sep 2 Michel Cousins

Abu Sleem mayor sends Eid apologies

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 2 September 2017;Greeting residents on the occasion of Eid Al-Adha, the mayor of Tripoli’s Abu Sleem municipality has...

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Sep 1 Michel Cousins

Op-Ed: An uncertain future for Libyan local governance

By Mohamed Elmagbri and Josiah Cohen.August 2017:“We don’t need democracy. We need security!”This desperate cry now characterises the bleak sentiment...

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Sabratha gets new police station
Aug 23 Nigel Ash

Sabratha gets new police station

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli, 23 August 2017:Sabratha mayor Hassen Dhawadi has opened his town’s new police station, a day after it emerged  that...

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Serraj in talks in Zintan with mayor and councillors
Aug 9 Michel Cousins

Serraj in talks in Zintan with mayor and councillors

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 9 August 2017:In a surprise move, the head of the Presidency Council (PC), Faiez Serraj, flew to Zintan this morning f...

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Benghazi's Suq Al-Arab to reopen
Aug 5 Michel Cousins

Benghazi's Suq Al-Arab to reopen

By Libya Herald reporter.Benghazi, 4 August 2017:As part of Benghazi’s normalisation, plans are in hand to reopen the Suq Al-Arab market complex betwe...

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Municipalities seek to give themselves a loud and unified voice
Jul 30 Nigel Ash

Municipalities seek to give themselves a loud and unified voice

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli and Tunis, 30 July 2017:Libya is to have its first nationwide organisation aiming to represent all its municipalitie...

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Zliten's mayor slams Tripoli health ministry for broken funding promises
Jul 26 Nigel Ash

Zliten's mayor slams Tripoli health ministry for broken funding promises

By Libya Herald reporters. Zliten's mayor Muftah Hamadi at the town's hospital (Photo: Zliten Municipality)Tripoli, 26 July 2017:Zliten has become the...

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Sabratha conference on municipal roles postponed
Jul 22 Michel Cousins

Sabratha conference on municipal roles postponed

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 22 July 2017:Sabratha's mayor has postponed for a week the conference and two-day workshop on the running of municipal...

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Jul 6 Michel Cousins

Zliten looks to private sector for development

By Jamie Prentis.Tunis, 6 July 2017:In what may be a sign of the way Libya heading in terms of decentralisation, Zliten municipal council has issued a...

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