Ghat: a former Qaddafi stronghold struggles to keep up with Libyan revolution
Feb 9 Michel Cousins

Ghat: a former Qaddafi stronghold struggles to keep up with Libyan revolution

By Houda Mzioudet. Ghat fort (Photo: Houda Mzioudet)Ghat, 9 February 2013:The border town of Ghat, deep in Just  south-west of the country  is part of...

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Feb 8 Michel Cousins

Sirte commander released; will meet with Margarief

Tripoli, 8 February 2013:Sirte military commander Colonel Omar Abdessalam Al-Hasnawi is to meet with Congress President Mohamed Magarief tomorrow, Sat...

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Libyan rugby hits its stride
Feb 1 Nigel Ash

Libyan rugby hits its stride

Tripoli, 1 February 2013:Libyans may be football mad, but there is a small and dedicated band of enthusiasts which  hopes that rugby, once, like boxin...

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“In a few weeks security will be fine and companies will be back” – Prime Minister Ali Zeidan
Jan 31 Sami Zaptia

“In a few weeks security will be fine and companies will be back” – Prime Minister Ali Zeidan

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 31 January:Prime Minister Ali Zeidan claimed that security will be fine in a few weeks in Libya and Interior Minister Ashour S...

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Jan 29 Nigel Ash

New Air Force chief in Misrata

Misrata, 29 January 2013:The new Libyan Air Force Chief of Staff, Brigadier Ahmed Habib Al-Mismari, has visited the Air Force Academy at Misrata.Durin...

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Trying to make thuwars real soldiers
Jan 24 Michel Cousins

Trying to make thuwars real soldiers

By Mathieu Galtier.Tripoli, 24 January 2013:Nearly two years after the beginning of the Revolution, the Libyan authorities want a united army. The suc...

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Jan 19 Nigel Ash

Mystery of gunfire during minister's Tobruk visit

Tripoli, 19 January:It is still unclear this evening if Minister of Defence Mohammed Mahmoud Al-Barghathi was the target of gunfire, that broke out wh...

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Mixed local feelings on Benghazi curfew
Jan 19 thomwestcott

Mixed local feelings on Benghazi curfew

By Ahmed Ruhayem.Benghazi, 19 January:Benghazi residents have been responding to the possibility of a night-time curfew being considered by the govern...

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Jan 19 Sami Zaptia

The Voice of Libyan Women’s premises vandalized

Zawia, 19 January 2013:The Voice of Libyan Women’s (VLW) Zawia Women's Centre premises were the subject of vandalism on the night of 15 January.VLW do...

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Jan 19 Sami Zaptia

Opinion: Prosecutor's Office statement - signs of the emergence of Libya as a nation of the rule of law?

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 19 January 2013:Plurality of powers in Libya?The Prosecutor's Office last week  released a statement through its official spok...

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