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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionLebanon’s protesters want an end to incompetence, corruption and impunity
The country’s COVID-19 response has been a disaster – but the people expected nothing else after decades of abysmal...
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Published in: 50.50Leymah Gbowee: five words for the men of Libya
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Leymah Gbowee was recently invited to Tripoli to deliver a speech on the role of women in...
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Published in: HomeAttack on the French Embassy in Tripoli: what now for Libya?
Foreign companies and investors already unsure about returning to Libya will be further dissuaded by this targeting...
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Published in: HomeSupply and demand: the paradox of private security companies in Libya
While many foreigners working in Libya are genuinely interested in helping the country move forward towards a more...
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Published in: HomeHolding Libya hostage
By blackmailing the state and disrupting crucial legislative work, protesters are doing more to harm to the aims of...
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Published in: Home'Good news' doesn't sell
There was much hype about Libya's deteriorating security situation. However anyone who experienced the celebrations...
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Published in: HomeBirthday with a Bang: celebrating Mawlid in Libya
Young men seem to take particular delight in lighting fireworks and throwing them from their car windows at...
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Published in: HomeVigilantes or superheroes: tackling drugs in Tripoli
Libyans want stability. They want to live in a clean, safe, free society where rule of law and justice is paramount....
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Published in: HomeLibya taxi talk: experiences and expectations of democracy
Many are questioning why the congress appear to be doing nothing, while for their part parliamentarians seem...
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Published in: HomeThe Syrian conflict through a Libyan lens
Libyans asked for assistance during the revolution and they received it: the Syrian opposition has been asking for...
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Published in: HomeAnniversaries, rumour and conflict: a week to remember in Libya
A year on from Libya’s liberation many aspects of life have improved. The Libyan public, however, still needs to use...
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Published in: HomeNormal life in Libya and the manipulation of facts
Now the inaction of the authorities is tarnishing Libya’s reputation worldwide and as a result, frustration on the...
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Published in: HomeFrom revolutionaries to militia: the tables are turning against Libya’s ‘thuwar’
These armed men think, act and make demands on the basis that they are revolutionaries, yet there is no longer a...
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Published in: HomeKidnappings, burning tyre road blocks, and gun battles - just another week in Lebanon?
Is the Syrian crisis spilling over into Lebanon behind the recent chaotic events? Events that occur on a...
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Published in: HomeTraffic, trash and training: building Libya’s future
In Libya learning is by rote and independent thinking, problem solving and analytical approaches are nonexistent.
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Published in: HomeTripoli one year on
This is a momentous occasion in Libyan history, yet read about Libya in the international media and you might find...
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Published in: HomeNo Olympic truce in Tripoli
As the fireworks of the opening ceremony of the Olympics went off in London, gunfire was resounding once again in Tripoli.
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Published in: HomeWhy Libyan elections bucked the Islamist trend
It is testimony to Libya’s determination to make their revolution count that the elections went as smoothly as they did.
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Published in: HomeLebanon, Lebanoff: a nation in danger of stagnation
Lebanon’s infrastructure has been damaged by repeated conflict, with the country even now still reeling from the...
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Published in: HomeLibyan elections, June 2012
Many Libyans are at a loss to know how to choose between different candidates based on photos and slogans alone, and...