Nov 19 Nigel Ash

Botched Obari kidnap: one abductor dies, three innocents hurt

By Ajnadin Mustafa.Cairo, 19 November 2017:One  of three criminals died today in a kidnapping that went seriously wrong in Obari.After they had seized...

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Turkish ambassador warns Obari kidnappings may mean power cuts
Nov 8 Nigel Ash

Turkish ambassador warns Obari kidnappings may mean power cuts

By Libya Herald reporters.Tunis, 8 November 2017:Disruption to the work on Obari’s new power station in the wake of the kidnapping of four foreign wor...

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Nov 3 Nigel Ash

UPDATE: Armed men seize three Turks and a German near Obari power station

By Libya Herald reporters. Obari power station's fourth turbine being tested last month (Photo GECOL)Tunis, 3 November 2017:An armed gang has this mor...

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WHO delivers scorpion anti-venum serum
Sep 5 Nigel Ash

WHO delivers scorpion anti-venum serum

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli, 5 September 2017:Libya’s venomous scorpions cause the greatest havoc at this time of year, with their painful sting...

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Jun 13 Michel Cousins

Lack of antidote serum blamed for rise in scorpion-sting deaths

By Jamie Prentis. Fat-tailed scorpion (Andoctonus amoreuxi)Tunis, 13 June 2017:The health minister in the Beida-based intermin government, Reida Oakle...

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Tebu, Tuareg and Awlad Suleiman make peace in Rome
Mar 30 Nigel Ash

Tebu, Tuareg and Awlad Suleiman make peace in Rome

By Libya Herald reporters.Tunis, 30 March 2017:A three-cornered peace deal between the Tebu, Tuareg and Awlad Suleiman tribes has been signed in Rome...

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Another Obari bank manager kidnapped
Mar 21 Nigel Ash

Another Obari bank manager kidnapped

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli, 21 March 2017:The latest kidnapping of a bank manager in Obari has roused local anger and will be causing security...

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Aid begins to flow to Obari
Feb 14 Nigel Ash

Aid begins to flow to Obari

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli, 14 February 2017:Aid to long-neglected Obari is picking up with deliveries of food and fuel from Algeria and from T...

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Algeria sends 18 tonnes of medicals supplies to Ghat and Obari
Feb 4 Michel Cousins

Algeria sends 18 tonnes of medicals supplies to Ghat and Obari

By Mustafa Khalifa.Ghat, 4 February 2016:The Algerian government has sent 18 tonnes of medical aid to Ghat and Obari, and promises to send supplies of...

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More deadly fighting in Obari
Jan 15 Nigel Ash

More deadly fighting in Obari

By Libya Herald reporters.Tunis, 15 January 2015:Renewed clashes in Obari  have today left one person dead and at least seven injured including a youn...

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