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Strikes threaten Libya’s oil and gas reserves, warns Eni chief
  Michel Cousins     TRIPOLI – Strikers who have been forcing production at Libya’s oil and gas fields to stop, restart and stop again risk permanently damaging extraction, the head of the biggest foreign energy company in the country has said. Such action could ...
Amazigh protests new law
Michel Cousins TRIPOLI — Traffic outside the General National Congress buildings here was brought to a near standstill as hundreds of Amazigh protesters from across Libya demonstrated against the law voted by Congress four weeks ago to reserve just two of ...
Tripoli’s twin-tower project back on track
  Michel Cousins     TRIPOLI – Work is to restart on the twin-tower Al Waha project in Tripoli, it has been reported in the UAE. Abu Dhabi-based real-estate developer Al Maabar announced that the residential and office project on the Airport Road, 10 minutes ...
Libyan border with Tunisia opened
Michel Cousins   TRIPOLI – Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali was in Tripoli Monday for talks with Prime Minister Ali Zidan on border security and developing closer economic ties. Speaking at a press conference after their talks, Zidan said he had ordered the ...
Libya names new foreign minister
Michel Cousins   TRIPOLI – The Libyan prime minister has appointed Mohamed Abdulaziz, the Minister of International Cooperation, as Minister of Foreign Affairs. The two ministries have been merged. They were a single ministry under the Kib administration but separated by Zidan ...
Security at heart of ties with neighbors – Zidan
Michel Cousins   TRIPOLI – Prime Minister Ali Zidan has said that security was the prime objective of his six-day visit to four neighboring states this week — Algeria, Niger, Chad and Sudan. Speaking Friday on his return from the Sudanese capital Khartoum, ...
Libya plans new coins
  Michel Cousins   TRIPOLI – The Central Bank of Libya is planning to change the design of Libya’s coins. It has issued a tender notice to coin mints in a number of countries asking for quotes and designs for new half-dinar, quarter-dinar, ...
‘Libyans have an inherited trust in UN’
Michel Cousins   TRIPOLI – Twice in its history, the UN has played a decisive role in Libya’s life. The first time was at independence. The country was in effect voted into existence in 1951 by the UN. No other country can ...
Tunisia-Libya border again closed
  Michel Cousins   TRIPOLI – The main Tunisian-Libyan border crossing at Ras Jedir is again partially closed. Libyans returning to Libya and Tunisians likewise returning home are being allowed through but not Libyans wanting to visit Tunisia or vice versa. They are ...
Drive to back women candidates in Libya
Michel Cousins     TRIPOLI — In the lead-up to the forthcoming National Assembly elections on July 7, female candidates will have the support of a national campaign entitled ‘My Voice for Her.’ The Libyan Women’s Union and Maan Nabneeha Movement have launched the ...
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