Benghazi security plan lacks sufficient troops
Jan 29 Nigel Ash

Benghazi security plan lacks sufficient troops

By Ahmed Ruhayem.Benghazi 29 January 2013:Last Thursday in Benghazi there were at least five killings, none thought to be terror-related. The same day...

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GNC approves legislation for “Isolation Law” targeting Qaddafi officials
Dec 26 tomlittle

GNC approves legislation for “Isolation Law” targeting Qaddafi officials

By Tom Little. Tripoli, 26 December:The General National Congress (GNC) has approved a “Political Isolation Law” intended to bar senior political figu...

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Civil society groups hold demonstration in Tripoli
Dec 22 tomlittle

Civil society groups hold demonstration in Tripoli

By Ashraf Abdul Wahab. Tripoli, 22 December:Several civil society groups and rights activists held a small demonstration in Tripoli's Martyrs' Square...

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Nov 9 Al Russell

300 candidates set to stand in TLC elections

 By Umar Khan Tripoli, 9 November: The first elections to Tripoli Local Council (TLC) since the city's liberation last year are to be held on 18 Nov...

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Nov 7 Michel Cousins

Opinion: Libyans Deserve Better

By Ismail Suayah.North Carolina, USA, November 2012Libya was so oppressive under Qaddafi that even those who served the regime sought to escape the co...

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Mahmoud Jibril says NATO departure from Libya “premature”
Nov 2 George Grant

Mahmoud Jibril says NATO departure from Libya “premature”

By Hadi Fornaji.Tripoli, 2 November:The United States and NATO were premature in withdrawing from Libya and suffered their own “mission accomplished”...

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Oct 24 Sami Zaptia

Sources of Strengths and Opportunities for Democracy in Libya

By Osama Matri .Tripoli, 24 October:The recent security breaches, due to the inefficacy and limited reach of the existing security apparatus, compound...

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Sep 17 Michel Cousins

Abushagur in talks on forming government

Tripoli, 17 September:Talks have been held today, Monday, and yesterday between Prime Minister-elect Mustafa Abushagur and a number of political parti...

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Justice Minister adds further confusion to Saif trial debate
Aug 25 George Grant

Justice Minister adds further confusion to Saif trial debate

By Ashraf Abdul-Wahab.Tripoli, 25 August:The Minister of Justice has told the Libya Herald that the trial of Saif Qaddafi will be held next month, but...

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Jul 22 Michel Cousins

Martin hails elections “an extrordinary accomplishment”; proposes modernisation of Libyan police force

Tripoli, 23 July:The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Ian Martin, in his report to the Security Council on 18 July, has said that t...

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