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Africa: Lessons from Gaddafi or Lessons for Gaddafi?
Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi was on Sunday, February 1, 2009 elected Chairman of African Union after a secret ballot. A hard-earned leadership perhaps after...
Libyan President’s sons, Switzerland and Mariah Carey
Sons of Libyan leader, Hannibal Gadhafi and Saif Gadhafi, have resurfaced in the popular press. The former went fishing for apologies while the other...
Protest marches continue in Tripoli, Libya
Businesses in Tripoli were shut while school children gathered in the city centre Thursday as protests continued across Libya against the Israeli ground, air...
New oil and gas deposits discovered in Libya
The Libyan oil company, Arabe Golfe, has discovered a new oil and gas deposit at the D1-MN7A exploration well located on MN7A bloc, in...
Comoran-registered Turkish ship capsizes off Tripoli, 5 missing
Five crew members are missing while two have been rescued after a Comoran-registered Turkish ship capsized in the waters off the Tripoli Port on...
Libyan humanitarian ship turned away by Israeli forces most likely to return to Libya
A Libyan ship on its way to Gaza with 3,000 tonnes of humanitarian aid was Monday turned back by the Israeli navy. The ship,...
Bush admnistration chided for meeting with Kadhafi’s son
Libyan leader Muammar Kadhafi's son Saif al-Islam is in Washington where he has been meeting this week with members of the Bush administration, the...
Libyan leader backs much criticized Mauritanian junta
The Libyan leader, Moummar Kadhafi, has thrown his weight behind the military junta in Mauritania, the Mauritanian news agency reported Sunday.
Kadhafi was said to...
Wealth distribution in oil rich Libya “sensitive and complex”, according to Mouammar Kadhafi
The distribution of wealth directly to Libyan citizens " is a sensitive and complex issue that calls for technical and administrative handling for its...
Libya seeks closer economic ties with Russia
Libyan leader Mouammar Kadhafi, who is presently on a visit to Moscow, has expressed his wish to see the relations between Libya and Russia...
Libyan soccer championship to begin on Friday
Matches in Libya's first division national soccer championship for the 2008-2009 season will begin Friday with the participation of 14 teams, sources close to...
Libya to withdraw assets from Swiss banks following arrest of President’s son
Libya has decided to withdraw its assets, estimated at U S$ 7 billion, from Swiss banks and stop supplying oil to the European country...
Libya publishes stable crude oil prices
The prices of the Libyan crude oil published Sunday in the journal of the Libyan National Oil Company (NOC) have remained unchanged as compared...
Syrian bomb explosion condemned by Libyan authourities
Libya has condemned Saturday's car bomb explosion in the Syrian capital, Damascus, which left 17 people dead and many others wounded. In a press...
Kidnapped European tourists are not on Libyan soil, says Libyan government
The Libyan People's General Committee in Charge of External Relations and International Cooperation has denied the presence in the country, of foreign tourists kidnapped...
Libyan airline, Afriqiyah Airways, opens direct flight to Dubaï
The Libyan airline, Afriqiyah Airways, has opened a direct flight linking Tripoli to Dubaï, in the United Arab Emirates(UAE), official sources revealed. The inaugural...
Libya arrests group for possession of dugs
The Libyan authorities have arrested a group of Libyans for possessing 400 kg of hashish, official sources announced on Wednesday. The Libyan bureau for...
Concerned France clarifies Italy – Libya colonial reparation
Only three days after Italy's reparatory treaty with Libya to compensate the African country for damages during the colonial period, France says there cannot...
Italy compensates Libya US$ 5 million for colonial damages
Italy has agreed to pay US$ 5 million to Libya as compensation for damages during the colonial period, according to a treaty signed Saturday...
Football : Libya’s national team beats Niger 6-2 in friendly match
Libya's national football team Thursday in Tripoli beat its Niger counterpart 6-2, in a friendly match aimed at preparing the teams for the fifth...
Libyan government releases 3,079 prisoners
No fewer than 3,079 prisoners have been granted amnesty to mark the 39th anniversary of the 1 September revolution in Libya, the justice ministry...
Rebel hijackers release hostages and insist on proceeding to Paris
According to reports from the Libyan press agency, all passengers aboard a hijacked Sudanese aircraft which landed in Libya for refueling were freed, Wednesday...
Four sudanese hijackers want plane to proceed to France
A Sudanese plane, hijacked during a flight from Nyala, in Darfur, to Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, landed Tuesday at the Koufra airport ,...
US senate moves to restore diplomatic ties with Libya
Washington moved closer to full resumption of diplomatic relations with Tripoli yesterday after the US Senate passed legislation to create a compensation fund for...
Is religion behind ‘severed’ diplomatic ties between Malawi and Libya ?
Malawi President Binguwa Mutharika has clarified what he termed as a "misconception" surrounding his country's diplomatic ties with Libya.
This followed Malawi's decision to close...
Kenyan MPs take to the streets over hotel sale scandal
Kenyan legislators Tuesday held a peaceful demonstration demanding the removal of Finance Minister Amos Kimunya, who is caught in a hotel sale scam.
The MPs,...
Hotel scandal with minister and Libyan investors biggest in Kenyan history
A global anti-graft organisation has urged Kenya to investigate the controversy surrounding the sale of a top hotel to some Libyan investors.
The five-star Grand...
Libyan Leader asks Togo to embrace Islam voluntarily
The Libyan leader Mouammar Kadhafi said on Saturday that "the victory" of Islam in Togo and its peaceful propagation showed that the religion was...
Fomer British Prime Minister Tony Blair visits Libyan Leader Mouammar Kadhafi
The Libyan leader Mouammar Kadhafi on Tuesday evening granted audience to the former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair who flew in from
Sierra Leone. An...
Football : Ghana Black Stars thrash Libya
The Black Stars of Ghana Sunday beat their Libyan counterparts, the Greens, 3-0 in the 2010 World Cup and African Cup of Nations qualifiers...