Sep 28 Michel Cousins

Congress to elect new First Deputy President tomorrow

By Ashraf Abdul-Wahab.Tripoli 28 September 2013:Congress is due to vote tomorrow for a new First Deputy President to replace Juma Ateega who resigned...

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Sep 27 Michel Cousins

Two Congressmen disbarred by Political Isolation Law commission

By Ashraf Abdul-Wahab.Tripoli, 27 September 2013:Two members of the General National Congress have been disbarred by the Public Officials Standards Co...

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Sep 10 Michel Cousins

Political Isolation Law Commission clears 125 Congress members so far

By Ahmed Elumami.Tripoli,10 September 2013:The Public Officials Standards Commission (POSC), set up under the Political Isolation Law, has announced t...

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Aug 25 Michel Cousins

Beida extends registration in bid to be first to elect new municipal councils

By Michel Cousins.Tripoli, 25 August 2013:The local committee running the new municipal council elections in Beida has extended the registration proce...

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Muslim Brotherhood venues attacked in Tripoli protests
Jul 27 thomwestcott

Muslim Brotherhood venues attacked in Tripoli protests

Tripoli, 27 July 2013:Hundreds of Tripoli residents descended on Martyrs’ Square in the early hours of this morning to protest against the Muslim Brot...

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Jul 25 Michel Cousins

Local Government Minister resigns

By Umar Khan.Tripoli, 25 July 2013:The Minister for Local Government, Abubaker Al-Hadi Mohammed, has resigned.The move was not, however,  completely u...

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Political Isolation Law questionnaires issued to GNC
Jul 17 thomwestcott

Political Isolation Law questionnaires issued to GNC

By Ahmed Elumami.Tripoli, 17 July 2013:Members of the General National Congress (GNC) will this week be answering questions about their involvement wi...

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EU needs "strategic patience" with Libya: Barnadino Leon
Jul 9 Nigel Ash

EU needs "strategic patience" with Libya: Barnadino Leon

By Nigel AshTripoli, 9 July 2013:Tripoli, Since he was appointed in June 2011, the EU’s special representative for the southern Mediterranean,  Bernad...

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Jul 9 Nigel Ash

GNC swears in new Integrity Commission

By Ahmed ElumamiTripoli, 9 July 2013:Nine members of the new Political Isolation Law (PIL) Standards' Commission took the oath in front of the General...

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Jul 7 Nigel Ash

The GNC, One Year On

By Umar Khan.It all started so hopefully. The hand over ceremony between the NTC and the elected GNCTripoli, 7 July 2013:This is not what Libyans expe...

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