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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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Libya has wealth but does not have an economic system: LBC Chairman
Nov 7 Sami Zaptia

Libya has wealth but does not have an economic system: LBC Chairman

The head of the Libyan Business Council (LBC), Rashid Swani, told Al Jazeera Channel that while Libya possesses wealth, it lacks a genuine economic ba...

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Aldabaiba calls for constitutionally based elections to return Libya to the will of the people - report and analysis
Jan 1 Sami Zaptia

Aldabaiba calls for constitutionally based elections to return Libya to the will of the people - report and analysis

In his speech delivered on 24 December celebrating the 73rd anniversary of Libya's independence, Tripoli based Libyan prime minister, Abdel Hamid Alda...

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Op-Ed: Another UNSMIL Libya initiative, another Bouznika meeting - the domestic and international status quo conspiracy continues against Libyan citizens?
Dec 19 Sami Zaptia

Op-Ed: Another UNSMIL Libya initiative, another Bouznika meeting - the domestic and international status quo conspiracy continues against Libyan citizens?

The final communiqué issued at the end of the two-day ‘‘Consultative Meeting’’ held by members of Libya’s parliament (the House of Representatives - H...

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Op-Ed: International community complicit with Libya’s corrupt political and military elite in delaying democratic elections
Oct 9 Sami Zaptia

Op-Ed: International community complicit with Libya’s corrupt political and military elite in delaying democratic elections

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) reported last Friday that it had received on 5 October a copy of the latest electoral laws from p...

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Op-Ed: Twelve years on from the 17 February revolution of 2011, Libya is still stuck in a political quagmire
Feb 16 Sami Zaptia

Op-Ed: Twelve years on from the 17 February revolution of 2011, Libya is still stuck in a political quagmire

Looking back on some articles I had written over the last 11 years on the successive anniversaries of the revolution, today, on the eve of yet another...

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Aldabaiba: Let us all leave the political scene, but through elections
Aug 28 Sami Zaptia

Aldabaiba: Let us all leave the political scene, but through elections

In his pre-recorded televised speech this evening, the incumbent caretaker Libyan prime minister, Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba, called on all the main Libyan...

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Aldabaiba attempts to solidify his position and continues to entrench rentier state with a spree of handouts
Jul 20 Sami Zaptia

Aldabaiba attempts to solidify his position and continues to entrench rentier state with a spree of handouts

Incumbent caretaker Libyan Prime Minister Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba has continued his populist drive in an effort to buy his political future and remain i...

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Jul 11 Sami Zaptia

UNSMIL condemns ‘‘clashes’’ by officially recognized militias in Janzur - dead militia bodies desecrated and homes burnt: report and analysis

By Sami Zaptia.London, 11 July 2020:UNSMIL condemned today what it chose to refer to as the ‘‘clashes’’ that took place in the western Tripoli suburb...

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Oct 4 Sami Zaptia

Libya's resource economy militia clashes will continue to restrain growth: World Bank

By Sami Zaptia. London, 4 October 2018:The World Bank has concluded that on-gong clashes by Libya's militias will continue to hamper growth. It imp...

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Libyan oil has to be depoliticized and demilitarized: NOC chairman Sanalla
Dec 2 Sami Zaptia

Libyan oil has to be depoliticized and demilitarized: NOC chairman Sanalla

By Sami Zaptia.Rome, 2 December 2016: ''Is Libyan oil a blessing or a curse?’’ asked National Oil Corporation (NOC) chairman Mustafa Sanalla speaking...

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