Libyan authorities make efforts to rein-in unlawful militias
Sep 22 Sami Zaptia

Libyan authorities make efforts to rein-in unlawful militias

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 22 September:A drive by the Libyan authorities to impose their authority and make some kind of headway in their efforts to con...

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Timely ICG report warns militias must be curbed
Sep 14 Nigel Ash

Timely ICG report warns militias must be curbed

Tripoli, 14 September:In its latest report on Libya, the International Crisis Group warns that although the country is recovering faster than many exp...

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Sep 12 Michel Cousins

Killing of US ambassador

Dear Editor,We, the Libyan people, strongly condemn the vicious and violent attack against the American consulate in Benghazi yesterday.Those criminal...

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PM candidate Abushagur in TV Q&A session with young Libyans
Sep 7 Michel Cousins

PM candidate Abushagur in TV Q&A session with young Libyans

By Valerie Stocker.Tripoli, 7 September:Some 200 young Libyans turned up to the Mahari Radisson theatre hall in Tripoli on Thursday night to question...

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Aug 25 George Grant

Three journalists arrested by SSC over Tripoli shrine desecration coverage

Tripoli, 25 August:Three journalists from the Al-Assema television station were detained by the Supreme Security Committee this afternoon in relation...

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Ministry of Interior condemns Eid car bombs as ‘cowardly and terrorist’
Aug 25 Sami Zaptia

Ministry of Interior condemns Eid car bombs as ‘cowardly and terrorist’

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 25 August:At a press conference called late on Thursday evening, the Under Secretary for the Ministry of Interior Omar Khadraw...

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Health Minister stands up to her critics: interview with Dr Fatima Hamroush
Aug 13 Michel Cousins

Health Minister stands up to her critics: interview with Dr Fatima Hamroush

By Michel Cousins.Health Minister Dr Fatima HamroushTripoli, 13 August:Within a couple of weeks or so, probably just after Eid, there will be a minist...

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Libyan human rights activist honoured with prestigious award
Aug 10 Nigel Ash

Libyan human rights activist honoured with prestigious award

Salah Marghani - "revealing the truth"By Tom Westcott. Tripoli, 11 August: Human Rights Watch (HRW) has honoured one of its key informants during...

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The  elections a "Crowning achievement"  - El-Kib
Jul 13 Nigel Ash

The elections a "Crowning achievement" - El-Kib

By Hadi Fornaji Tripoli, 13 July: With the success of the revolution, Libyans swung overnight from being completely repressed under a brutal dictato...

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Jul 4 Nigel Ash

Opinion: The real winning goal for Libya

Tripoli, 4 July:If, for the first time in the history of the competition, Libya wins the Arab Nations Cup on Friday evening, the effect on the electio...

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