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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 rates as most-worsened country in world for past decade: FSI
Sep 10 Sami Zaptia

Libya rates as most-worsened country in world for past decade: FSI

By Sami Zaptia.London, 10 September 2020:A report by Patricia Taft in the 2020 Fragile States Index (FSI) rates Libya as ‘‘the most-worsened country i...

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Sep 9 Sami Zaptia

Another electricity blackout yesterday blamed on use of force

By Sami Zaptia.Another week, another electricity blackout in Libya (Photo: Social media).London, 9 September 2020:There was yet another total electric...

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The Development of Libyan Armed Groups Since 2014: Community Dynamics and Economic Interests: a Chatham House study
Mar 18 Sami Zaptia

The Development of Libyan Armed Groups Since 2014: Community Dynamics and Economic Interests: a Chatham House study

By Sami Zaptia. London, 18 March 2020:A research paper published yesterday by @Chatham House entitled ‘‘The Development of Libyan Armed Groups Since 2...

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Libya’s continuing war economy is making a functioning state less likely: report
Apr 12 Sami Zaptia

Libya’s continuing war economy is making a functioning state less likely: report

By Sami Zaptia.London, 12 April 2018: As Libya's war economy persists, prospects for the restoration of functioning central governance become more dis...

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Oct 9 Sami Zaptia

Testimony of a mid-week, daytime Tripoli armed robbery and car-jack victim

By Sami Zaptia.London, 9 October 2016: Further to the high profile kidnapping of the Deputy General Manager of the Libya Foreign Bank and the arrest b...

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Libya in world top ten for graft
Sep 10 Nigel Ash

Libya in world top ten for graft

By Ajnadin Mustafa.Tripoli, 10 September 2016:Libya is seen as being among the world’s ten most corrupt countries.A corruption-perception index publis...

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Renewed role of Libyan tribes as guarantors of social stability and providers of security and justice
Sep 3 Sami Zaptia

Renewed role of Libyan tribes as guarantors of social stability and providers of security and justice

By Sami Zaptia. London, 3 September 2016:There is a renewed role for tribes as guarantors of social stability and providers of security and...

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Feb 15 Sami Zaptia

St James clinic in Tripoli closes due to worsening security situation

By Libya Herald reporter.Malta, 15 February 2015:St James, the private sector Maltese clinic in the Ben Ashour district of Tripoli, has closed down in...

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Aug 17 Sami Zaptia

Attorney General to investigate crimes committed resulting from Tripoli militia fighting

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 17 August 2014:Libya's Attorney General, Ibrahim Bashia, issued a decision yesterday to investigate crimes committed against c...

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Illicit trade is driving crime and instability in transitional Libya: USIP
Feb 26 Sami Zaptia

Illicit trade is driving crime and instability in transitional Libya: USIP

Tripoli, 26  February 2014: A report on illicit trade in Libya published last Monday by the United States Institute of Peace concludes that illicit t...

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