Mohamed Jarrari, a 46-year-old livestock trader in Tobruk (200 km east of Benghazi), is worried that Libya’s sheep might soon disappear. Jarrari estimates that as many as 500 sheep are smuggled into Egypt every day through the border city of Musaid (160 km east of Tobruk) – especially during the holy celebration of Eid Al-Adha […]

The two Libyan Investment Authorities (LIA) Board of Directors (east and west) are about to unite in one board expected to take shape next week. This happened after the assignment of a new LIA board of directors by the internationally recognized Presidential Council on August 13. The two Libyan Investment Authorities (LIA) Board of Directors […]

To buy his groceries, Mohammad Al-Qabaily signs a small piece of paper, a type of subsititute bank note, equivalent to 20 Libyan Dinars, payable to grocer Abdulla Al-Maqreef. In Ejdabia (160 Km west of Benghazi), this is how people conduct their daily business, since the banks lack liquidity. Not only has Al-Maqreef adopted this way […]

Why did the Presidential Council and its government rush to board a military airplane to Tunisia and settle there? It was circulated on the streets that the Americans urged Prime Minister Fayez Al-Sarraj to leave Tripoli to avoid imminent danger threatening him and his government. Why did the Presidential Council and its government rush to […]

Saleh Kalma, rapporteur of the Libyan Parliament, discusses the Parliament’s vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj’s government.  Kalma also makes a case for wider representation in order for governance to have a chance. In your capacity as rapporteur, were you aware in advance of the Speaker’s decision to vote on the national […]

“I am the legitimate BMC mayor!” claim three different people, since the Benghazi Municipal Council (BMC) was divided, based on conflicting laws and their exceptions in times of war. Last week, they were all surprised by a military decision to deactivate the former council and appoint a new mayor. Before the division Elected on 19 […]

When the Government of National Accord’s (GNA) Presidential Council (PC) issued a decision to put forces on the alert and take all security measures to secure metropolitan Tripoli for 48 hours starting from July 28 at noon, Libyans considered it a paper decision by a paper council having no control whatsoever over the capital. When […]

Oringinally from Ubari city, AM went to Sabha after losing her father and two brothers in the skirmishes between the Tibo and Tawareq tribes. Shortly after arriving in Sabha— a hub for Sub-Saharan Africans hoping to migrate to Europe— AM received money for having sexual intercourse with a wealthy man. The man took her to […]

The first Libyan female swimmers to compete in the Olympics were sisters Nadia and Soad Al-Fazzani in the 1980  Russian games. Following in their footsteps Asmahan Farhat held the Libyan record. Today 17-year-old Daniah Hagul represents Libya. Hagul’s participation has stirred controversy in the country about the circumstances of athletes inside and outside the country, […]

Madkhalism is a strain of Islamist thought within the larger Salafist movement based on the writings of Saudi Sheikh Rabee al-Madkhali, who became well-known during the Liberation of Kuwait in 1991 for his fatwas, which allowed for the ‘use of infidels’ to face Iraqi aggression. His opinion diverged from those of the Muslim Brotherhood and […]