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Two million POS transactions in a single day across 67,000 points cause collapse of e-payment system - CBL apologises UNSMIL warns of escalation in Zawia and calls for restraint ahead of Eid al-Adha Minister of Economy and Trade affirms Ministry's orientation towards building a more disciplined and transparent business environment Labour Ministry developing specific, secure and healthy Labour Housing Project for legal expatriate workers Head of Airports Authority inaugurates first meeting tasked with testing readiness of systems and equipment at Tripoli International Airport Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts releases its Q1 2026 Report for the Libyan Tourism Sector Libyan Express announces launch of direct flights between Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport and Malta starting 22 June Libyan Railroads meets China Civil Engineering Construction Corp. - joint committees to negotiate activating signed contracts Minister of Economy Abu Shiha approves 13 decisions related to foreign and joint ventures and commercial agencies Akakus Oil uses SLB’s Rhino Reamer technology - the first in the Middle East and North Africa – to successfully drill well M.24H-NC115 Two million POS transactions in a single day across 67,000 points cause collapse of e-payment system - CBL apologises UNSMIL warns of escalation in Zawia and calls for restraint ahead of Eid al-Adha Minister of Economy and Trade affirms Ministry's orientation towards building a more disciplined and transparent business environment Labour Ministry developing specific, secure and healthy Labour Housing Project for legal expatriate workers Head of Airports Authority inaugurates first meeting tasked with testing readiness of systems and equipment at Tripoli International Airport Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts releases its Q1 2026 Report for the Libyan Tourism Sector Libyan Express announces launch of direct flights between Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport and Malta starting 22 June Libyan Railroads meets China Civil Engineering Construction Corp. - joint committees to negotiate activating signed contracts Minister of Economy Abu Shiha approves 13 decisions related to foreign and joint ventures and commercial agencies Akakus Oil uses SLB’s Rhino Reamer technology - the first in the Middle East and North Africa – to successfully drill well M.24H-NC115 Two million POS transactions in a single day across 67,000 points cause collapse of e-payment system - CBL apologises UNSMIL warns of escalation in Zawia and calls for restraint ahead of Eid al-Adha Minister of Economy and Trade affirms Ministry's orientation towards building a more disciplined and transparent business environment Labour Ministry developing specific, secure and healthy Labour Housing Project for legal expatriate workers Head of Airports Authority inaugurates first meeting tasked with testing readiness of systems and equipment at Tripoli International Airport Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts releases its Q1 2026 Report for the Libyan Tourism Sector Libyan Express announces launch of direct flights between Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport and Malta starting 22 June Libyan Railroads meets China Civil Engineering Construction Corp. - joint committees to negotiate activating signed contracts Minister of Economy Abu Shiha approves 13 decisions related to foreign and joint ventures and commercial agencies Akakus Oil uses SLB’s Rhino Reamer technology - the first in the Middle East and North Africa – to successfully drill well M.24H-NC115 Two million POS transactions in a single day across 67,000 points cause collapse of e-payment system - CBL apologises UNSMIL warns of escalation in Zawia and calls for restraint ahead of Eid al-Adha Minister of Economy and Trade affirms Ministry's orientation towards building a more disciplined and transparent business environment Labour Ministry developing specific, secure and healthy Labour Housing Project for legal expatriate workers Head of Airports Authority inaugurates first meeting tasked with testing readiness of systems and equipment at Tripoli International Airport Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts releases its Q1 2026 Report for the Libyan Tourism Sector Libyan Express announces launch of direct flights between Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport and Malta starting 22 June Libyan Railroads meets China Civil Engineering Construction Corp. - joint committees to negotiate activating signed contracts Minister of Economy Abu Shiha approves 13 decisions related to foreign and joint ventures and commercial agencies Akakus Oil uses SLB’s Rhino Reamer technology - the first in the Middle East and North Africa – to successfully drill well M.24H-NC115
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Jul 27 Sami Zaptia

UNCHR welcomes inclusion of refugees in Libya’s vaccination drive

By Sami Zaptia.London, 27 July 2021:UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today welcomed the initiative of the Libyan government to vaccinate refugees and asy...

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Over 100 migrants rescued east of Tripoli
Dec 13 Michel Cousins

Over 100 migrants rescued east of Tripoli

By Libya Herald reporter.Tripoli, 13 December 2017:Some 113 migrants, all from sub-Saharan Africa, were rescued by the Tripoli coastguard today when t...

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Feb 10 Michel Cousins

UN leaders call for improvements to migrants' conditions in Libya

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 10 February 2017:UN chiefs have underlined the need to reform migrant camps in Libya as well as ensure protection for...

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HRW condemns migrant deaths off Libyan sea
Jun 7 Sami Zaptia

HRW condemns migrant deaths off Libyan sea

By Sami Zaptia.London, 7 June 2016:‘’While smugglers bear direct responsibility for sending overcrowded and unseaworthy boats from the coast of Libya...

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Apr 22 Newsdesk1

Red Crescent says over half a million Libyans internally displaced

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 22 April 2015:The Libyan Red Crescent has reported that well over half a million Libyans are now displaced because of o...

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Aug 29 Newsdesk2

Migrant workers in Libya highly vulnerable, says IOM

By Libya Herald staff.Cairo, 29 August 2014:The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is worried about the vulnerability of migrant workers c...

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Aug 8 Newsdesk2

UNHCR concerned for safety of refugees and asylums seekers in Libya

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 8 August 2014:United Nations High Committee for Refugees (UNHCR) spokesperson Ariane Rummery has expressed the agency’s...

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Tawerghan IDPs forced to evacuate Benghazi camps
May 27 Lindsey Owens

Tawerghan IDPs forced to evacuate Benghazi camps

By Libya Herald staff. The Tawerghan camp outside Benghazi (Photo: The Libya Herald)Tripoli, 27 May 2014:The fighting in Benghazi has forced the evacu...

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Jul 9 thomwestcott

A birth and three deaths on drifting migrant dinghy

By Tom Westcott and Reem Tombokti.Tripoli, 9 July 2013:A baby has been born on an overcrowded dinghy left drifting off the Libyan coast after its engi...

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Plight of foreigners in Libya "worse than under Qaddafi" claims Amnesty International
Nov 13 George Grant

Plight of foreigners in Libya "worse than under Qaddafi" claims Amnesty International

By Hadi Fornaji.Tripoli, 13 November:Undocumented foreign nationals in Libya are at risk of exploitation, arbitrary and indefinite detention, as well...

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