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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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Op-Ed: Enough Tokenism: Its Time to Demand Meaningful Inclusion!
Mar 7 Sami Zaptia

Op-Ed: Enough Tokenism: Its Time to Demand Meaningful Inclusion!

By Hala Bugaighis.8 March 2021:It is 2021, but the women agenda in Libya seems to be ‒ more necessary than ever ‒ at a critical juncture. In a recentl...

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Op-Ed: Women and the Arab Spring Revolution – The Gender Dilemma
Feb 14 Sami Zaptia

Op-Ed: Women and the Arab Spring Revolution – The Gender Dilemma

By Intesar Madi and Lucía Morales.14 February 2021:Ten years on, and we find ourselves thinking about the Arab Spring Revolution and trying to assess...

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Oct 13 Sami Zaptia

UNSMIL welcomes appointment of five women Libyan judges

By Sami Zaptia.London, 13 October 2020: The UN Support Mission in Libya today welcomed the 11 October appointment of five women judges who will work i...

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Mar 8 Sami Zaptia

RSF shines light on “forbidden coverage” of women’s rights

By Libya Herald staff.Tunis, 8 March 2018:To mark International Women’s Day (March 8), Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is publishing a report entitled...

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Libyan women participate in Rome seminar
Oct 29 Sami Zaptia

Libyan women participate in Rome seminar

By Sami Zaptia.London, 29 October 2017:Ten Libyan NGO activists and two female House of Representatives members attended a seminar in Rome last week e...

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Women’s Municipal Guard unit set up in Benghazi
Apr 19 Michel Cousins

Women’s Municipal Guard unit set up in Benghazi

By Aymen Muftah.Benghazi, 19 April 2017:For the first time in Benghazi, the local municipal guard has set up an all-female unit. Based in Majouri dist...

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Mar 8 Nigel Ash

Martin Kobler stands by Libyan women's fight for rights

By Alessandra Bocchi. UNSMIL's Martin Kobler has spoken up for women's rights (File photo) Tunis, 8 March 2017:The United Nations stands by Libyan wom...

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Feb 21 Michel Cousins

Eastern travel ban on single women suspended

By Libya Herald reporter.Benghazi, 21 February 2017:The ban on women under 60 years of age travelling abroad alone has been suspended. Major-General A...

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Feb 19 Michel Cousins

Condemnation of LNA’s women travel ban grows; Idris Al-Senussi rips into it

By Libya Herald reporters. Prince Idris Al-Senussi (file photo)Benghazi/Tunis, 19 February 2017:There is growing rejection of the decision by Abdul Ra...

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Nazhuri bans women flying from Labraq without male guardian
Feb 19 Michel Cousins

Nazhuri bans women flying from Labraq without male guardian

By Libya Herald reporter.Benghazi, 19 February 2017:Major-General Abdul Razzaq Al-Nazhouri, the Libyan National Army’s chief of staff and military com...

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