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Two million POS transactions in a single day across 67,000 points cause collapse of e-payment system - CBL apologises UNSMIL warns of escalation in Zawia and calls for restraint ahead of Eid al-Adha Minister of Economy and Trade affirms Ministry's orientation towards building a more disciplined and transparent business environment Labour Ministry developing specific, secure and healthy Labour Housing Project for legal expatriate workers Head of Airports Authority inaugurates first meeting tasked with testing readiness of systems and equipment at Tripoli International Airport Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts releases its Q1 2026 Report for the Libyan Tourism Sector Libyan Express announces launch of direct flights between Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport and Malta starting 22 June Libyan Railroads meets China Civil Engineering Construction Corp. - joint committees to negotiate activating signed contracts Minister of Economy Abu Shiha approves 13 decisions related to foreign and joint ventures and commercial agencies Akakus Oil uses SLB’s Rhino Reamer technology - the first in the Middle East and North Africa – to successfully drill well M.24H-NC115 Two million POS transactions in a single day across 67,000 points cause collapse of e-payment system - CBL apologises UNSMIL warns of escalation in Zawia and calls for restraint ahead of Eid al-Adha Minister of Economy and Trade affirms Ministry's orientation towards building a more disciplined and transparent business environment Labour Ministry developing specific, secure and healthy Labour Housing Project for legal expatriate workers Head of Airports Authority inaugurates first meeting tasked with testing readiness of systems and equipment at Tripoli International Airport Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts releases its Q1 2026 Report for the Libyan Tourism Sector Libyan Express announces launch of direct flights between Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport and Malta starting 22 June Libyan Railroads meets China Civil Engineering Construction Corp. - joint committees to negotiate activating signed contracts Minister of Economy Abu Shiha approves 13 decisions related to foreign and joint ventures and commercial agencies Akakus Oil uses SLB’s Rhino Reamer technology - the first in the Middle East and North Africa – to successfully drill well M.24H-NC115 Two million POS transactions in a single day across 67,000 points cause collapse of e-payment system - CBL apologises UNSMIL warns of escalation in Zawia and calls for restraint ahead of Eid al-Adha Minister of Economy and Trade affirms Ministry's orientation towards building a more disciplined and transparent business environment Labour Ministry developing specific, secure and healthy Labour Housing Project for legal expatriate workers Head of Airports Authority inaugurates first meeting tasked with testing readiness of systems and equipment at Tripoli International Airport Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts releases its Q1 2026 Report for the Libyan Tourism Sector Libyan Express announces launch of direct flights between Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport and Malta starting 22 June Libyan Railroads meets China Civil Engineering Construction Corp. - joint committees to negotiate activating signed contracts Minister of Economy Abu Shiha approves 13 decisions related to foreign and joint ventures and commercial agencies Akakus Oil uses SLB’s Rhino Reamer technology - the first in the Middle East and North Africa – to successfully drill well M.24H-NC115 Two million POS transactions in a single day across 67,000 points cause collapse of e-payment system - CBL apologises UNSMIL warns of escalation in Zawia and calls for restraint ahead of Eid al-Adha Minister of Economy and Trade affirms Ministry's orientation towards building a more disciplined and transparent business environment Labour Ministry developing specific, secure and healthy Labour Housing Project for legal expatriate workers Head of Airports Authority inaugurates first meeting tasked with testing readiness of systems and equipment at Tripoli International Airport Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts releases its Q1 2026 Report for the Libyan Tourism Sector Libyan Express announces launch of direct flights between Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport and Malta starting 22 June Libyan Railroads meets China Civil Engineering Construction Corp. - joint committees to negotiate activating signed contracts Minister of Economy Abu Shiha approves 13 decisions related to foreign and joint ventures and commercial agencies Akakus Oil uses SLB’s Rhino Reamer technology - the first in the Middle East and North Africa – to successfully drill well M.24H-NC115
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Jun 19 Michel Cousins

Two more bank heists in Tripoli; LD 2.25 million stolen

By Ashraf Abdul-Wahab.Tripoli, 19 June 2014:The recent spate of bank robberies in the capital shows no sign of abating. Yesterday saw two more.In the...

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May 26 Callum Paton

LD 1.5 million stolen in bank security van heist

By Moataz Ahmed.Benghazi, 26 May 2014:Some LD 1.5 million has been stolen from a bank security van in Sirte after four masked gunmen intercepted it en...

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LD 100 million drug bust largest in Libyan history
May 17 Callum Paton

LD 100 million drug bust largest in Libyan history

By Ashraf Abdul Wahab.Tripoli, 17 May 2014:Just over ten million Tramadol pills have been seized in Misrata. With an estimated street value of over LD...

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Drugs, cash and guns seized in Tripoli gang crack-down
Apr 14 Callum Paton

Drugs, cash and guns seized in Tripoli gang crack-down

By Ashraf Abdul WahabTripoli, 14 April 2014:The Ministry of Interior's Drug Combat Unit (DCU) has seized cash, weapons and controlled substances in a...

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Mar 30 Michel Cousins

Kidnapped Obari bank manager freed after ransom paid

By Jamal Adel.Tripoli, 30 March 2014;The manager of the Bank of North Africa in Obari who was kidnapped last Monday was released last night after a ra...

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Mar 26 Michel Cousins

Obari kidnappers demand ransom for bank manager

By Jamel Adel.Tripoli, 26 March 2014:Kidnappers are demanding LD 600,000 for the manager of the Obari branch of the Bank of North Africa, Mohamed Al-S...

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Illicit trade is driving crime and instability in transitional Libya: USIP
Feb 26 Sami Zaptia

Illicit trade is driving crime and instability in transitional Libya: USIP

Tripoli, 26  February 2014: A report on illicit trade in Libya published last Monday by the United States Institute of Peace concludes that illicit t...

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Kidnapped Benghazi businessman found dead
Jan 24 Michel Cousins

Kidnapped Benghazi businessman found dead

By Noora Ibrahim.Benghazi, 24 January 2014:The body of 77-year-old Benghazi businessman Gaith Omran Al-Gharyani who was kidnapped three weeks ago was...

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Nov 5 thomwestcott

Drug problems rise as street prices plummet

By Ashraf Abdul Wahab.Tripoli, 5 November 2013:Libya’s drug problem is on the rise with street prices plummeting since the revolution, according to he...

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Oct 20 thomwestcott

Robbery attempt on car-load of cash in south foiled by security forces

Tripoli, 20 October 2013:Security forces in the south of the country this morning foiled an attempted armed robbery on a car carrying nearly LD 3 mill...

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