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A warehouse blaze that has been burning much of today has proved impossible for Tripoli’s fire brigade to control, leading the force to call in help from outside the capital.“There were just two fire engines here earlier,” a local…

Libya's Toubou, Amazigh and Touareg minorities on Wednesday (July 17th) announced plans to boycott the election of the constitutional commission.The statement from the twelve Toubou, Touareg and Amazigh members of the General National…

At least three people were wounded in a bomb blast outside Benghazi's Birkah police station on Tuesday (July 23rd)."The incident took place just after dawn prayers and part of the police station was destroyed," Benghazi Joint Security…

An unknown person fired a rocket at the United Arab Emirates Embassy in Tripoli on Thursday, Libya’s interior ministry reported.Nobody was injured, and little damage reported, Agence France-Presse said. But investigators don’t know…

BP Exploration Libya Ltd has requested “Newsions of Interest” from qualified contractors for the provision of Offshore approved Cargo Carrying Units (CCU’s) of various sizes, Heli-fuel tanks and refrigerated food containers designed,…

Zueitina port still remains closed, days after roughly a dozen men forced their way into the oil export facility demanding jobs.The absurdity of that situation is hard to comprehend. The idea that people would feel that they are…

Zulal Water Technology (“ZWT”) has announced it has successfully commissioned an urgently required 300 m3/day seawater reverse osmosis water plant at theTajura Cardiac Hospital (“Hospital RO Plant”) for the Libyan Ministry of Health.…

The General National Congress (GNC), in a surprise move, has announced that it is to appoint a new Governor and Deputy Governor to the Central Bank of Libya (CBL).“The GNC Budget, Planning and Finance Committee announce the invitation…

On Thursday 25 July, London's Mosaic Rooms will screen short films by Palestinian/Egyptian director Omar Robert Hamilton and the Cairo-based activist media collective Mosireen. The event will also feature a screening of Hamilton's…

FIFA lifted Cameroon’s indefinite suspension from international football on Monday, clearing the way for the team to finish their World Cup qualifiers.World soccer’s governing body said the conditions it had made when it imposed the…