May 13 Callum Paton

Business travel is essential travel says UK Ambassador to Libya

By Ben Finch. British ambassador Michael Aron  (photo: FCO, UK) London, 13 May 2014:Despite the “mutually unsatisfactory” political turmoil, the deter...

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700 trainee police officers graduate in landmark Sebha ceremony
May 13 Callum Paton

700 trainee police officers graduate in landmark Sebha ceremony

By Jamal Adel.Tripoli, 12 May 2014:Seven hundred trainee police officers graduated today in Sebha at the first ceremony of its kind in the town since...

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Book fair at Benghazi University first since the revolution
Apr 26 Callum Paton

Book fair at Benghazi University first since the revolution

By Adam Kwafi and Aimen Amzein.Benghazi, 26 April 2014:Benghazi University book fair, held last week, was the first in the city since the revolution a...

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Non-paying customers leave GECOL with LD 1.7 billion loss
Apr 13 thomwestcott

Non-paying customers leave GECOL with LD 1.7 billion loss

By Jamal Adel.Tripoli, 13 April 2014:Libyans reluctant to pay their electricity bills have left the General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL) facin...

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Mar 20 thomwestcott

Munitions clearance operations boosted by $5.2 million from Japan

Tripoli, 20 March 2014: Weapons and ammunition clearance operations to help reduce threats still posed by explosive remnants of war are to be boosted...

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WAC launches new name and logo, steps up education programmes
Mar 18 thomwestcott

WAC launches new name and logo, steps up education programmes

By Ahmed Elumami.Tripoli, 18 March 2014:The Warriors Affairs Commission (WAC) has formally announced its new name-change to the Libyan Programme for R...

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Feb 8 Callum Paton

US exports to Libya increase by 48 percent in 2013

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 8 February 2014:US exports to Libya rose by 48 percent in 2013, with growth attributed to increased consumer demand in...

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Feb 5 Sami Zaptia

Weapons collection plan being created: Zeidan

By Sami Zaptia        Tripoli, 4 February 2014:Speaking at Monday's press conference, Prime Minister Ali Zeidan revealed that his government was on th...

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Fifty tonnes of ammunition destroyed in Misrata
Dec 14 thomwestcott

Fifty tonnes of ammunition destroyed in Misrata

Tripoli, 14 December 2013:Fifty tonnes of ammunition has been destroyed in one of the largest ever controlled demolitions in Libya.Organised by intern...

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Dec 6 thomwestcott

Mine risk education for schools goes nationwide

By Houda Mzioudet.Tripoli, 5 December 2013:A nationwide mine risk awareness campaign has been launched to ensure children and young people do not forg...

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