Calm returns to Janzour after overnight militia clashes
Feb 13 Sami Zaptia

Calm returns to Janzour after overnight militia clashes

Calm has returned to the Janzour area west of Tripoli after a night of clashes between local state-recognized armed groups. The clashes reportedly er...

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Saif al-Islam Qaddafi killed, 444 Combat Brigade denies connection – Attorney General opens investigation
Feb 3 Sami Zaptia

Saif al-Islam Qaddafi killed, 444 Combat Brigade denies connection – Attorney General opens investigation

Reports and social media photographs purport that Saif al-Islam Qaddafi, son of the former dictator Muamar Qaddafi, has been killed late on Tuesday. D...

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HoR Speaker Ageela Saleh launches existential attack on the Supreme Judicial Council
Dec 30 Sami Zaptia

HoR Speaker Ageela Saleh launches existential attack on the Supreme Judicial Council

During his speech at the House of Representatives (HoR) session held in Benghazi yesterday, HoR Speaker Ageela Saleh launched what resembles an existe...

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Libya’s current political division imposes challenges for implementing reforms: CBL Governor Issa
Nov 5 Sami Zaptia

Libya’s current political division imposes challenges for implementing reforms: CBL Governor Issa

Speaking yesterday at the opening of the ‘‘Banking Investment and its Role in Promoting Economic Development’’ conference, organized by the Central Ba...

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Bani Walid Municipality condemns suicide terror car bombing of Western Libyan Army headquarters in the city
Sep 4 Sami Zaptia

Bani Walid Municipality condemns suicide terror car bombing of Western Libyan Army headquarters in the city

The Municipality of Bani Walid condemned and denounced on Tuesday (2 September) what it called ‘‘the cowardly attempt that was targeted’’ at the headq...

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Tripoli demonstrations start off peaceful in Martyr Square – end up with Molotov cocktails and fatality at Cabinet Office
May 17 Sami Zaptia

Tripoli demonstrations start off peaceful in Martyr Square – end up with Molotov cocktails and fatality at Cabinet Office

Tripoli’s demonstrations yesterday evening started off peacefully at Martyr Square but ended up riotous, destructive and fatal at the Cabinet Office....

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Images of Abdelghani Ghnewa’s funeral in Kikla appear as his SSA militia mourn him
May 15 Sami Zaptia

Images of Abdelghani Ghnewa’s funeral in Kikla appear as his SSA militia mourn him

Yesterday, and today, images have increasingly appeared on social media purporting to show the corpse of the leader of the Stability Support Apparatus...

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Gunfire at demonstrations calling for Aldabaiba’s downfall, nervous ceasefire holding as calm returns to Tripoli
May 15 Sami Zaptia

Gunfire at demonstrations calling for Aldabaiba’s downfall, nervous ceasefire holding as calm returns to Tripoli

Gunshots were fired at or in the vicinity of demonstrators in Tripoli’s Martyr Square last night, unconfirmed but widely circulating videos on social...

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Ceasefire announced after heavy overnight fighting in Tripoli
May 14 Sami Zaptia

Ceasefire announced after heavy overnight fighting in Tripoli

The Tripoli based Aldabaiba Ministry of Defence announced a ceasefire this morning after heavy fighting broke out overnight in Tripoli, including cent...

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Libya 8th most corrupt state in the world according to the latest index for 2024
Feb 13 Sami Zaptia

Libya 8th most corrupt state in the world according to the latest index for 2024

Libya ranks as the 8th most corrupt country in the world – according to Transparency International Corruption Perception Index (CPI) for 2024. It is...

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