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New Libyan PM forming government

Yacout Info | 11/02/2011 | News
Abdurrahim El-Keib, pitched from academic obscurity to head Libya’s new government, SET about selecting his cabinet on Tuesday, hoping to rally the disparate groups which toppled Muammar Gaddafi behind a democratic peace. After decades as a dissident in exile, working as a professor of electrical...
Abdurrahim El-Keib, Ali Tarhouni, Libya, NTC, Petroleum Institute of Abu Dhabi, UAE, University of Alabama, US

Libya Picks Technocrat as New Leader

Yacout Info | 11/01/2011 | News
Libya’s secularists and Western powers had reason to cheer as the country‘s interim government chose as its new leader a Western-trained technocrat, who vowed to make human rights his top priority. "We guarantee that we are going to build a nation that respects human rights and does not accept the...
Abdel Rahim Al-Keib, Libya, Mustapha Abdeljalil, PM

With Gadhafi on the run, focus turns to Sahara’s Tuareg

Yacout Info | 10/12/2011 | News
Stragglers on the march to modernity, swords at their sides, the nomadic Tuareg of West Africa, long a footnote in world affairs, may be about to take a more central role in counter-terrorism policy, thanks to the ouster of Libya’s former leader Moammar Gadhafi. Where the Tuareg once manned camel...
Burkino Fasso, Ghadafi, Libya, Niger, Tuareg

Libya’s Gaddafi said to be hiding near Algeria border

Yacout Info | 09/29/2011 | News
Muammar Gaddafi is believed to be hiding near the western town of Ghadamis near the Algerian border under the protection of Touareg tribesmen, a senior Libyan military official said. “One tribe, the Touareg, is still supporting him and he is believed to be in the Ghadamis area in the south,” Hisham...
Bani Walid, Gaddafi, Ghadames, Hisham Buhagiar, Libya, Niger, NTC, Seif Al Islam, Sirte

Libya willing to usher new era in relations with Morocco- Official

Yacout Info | 09/27/2011 | News
Libya’s interim Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril voiced, on Monday in New York, his country’s willingness to “turn a new page” in its bilateral relations with Morocco.   Speaking to the press following talks with Morocco’s Foreign Minister Taib Fassi Fihri, Jibril highlighted the brotherly...
Libya, MahmoudJibril, Morocco, NTC

Libya Amazigh demand recognition in new constitution

Yacout Info | 09/27/2011 | News
Members of Libya’s Amazigh, or Berber, minority, whose language Muammar Gaddafi suppressed, demanded on Monday the country’s new rulers recognize them and their tongue in a new constitution.    The demand came in a conference in Tripoli aimed at forging an Amazigh political agenda, the...
Amazigh, Fathi Salem Abu Zakhar, Gaddafi, Libya, NTC, Salem Qinnan, Seif al-Islam, Tamazight

Foreign Minister Highlights Govt's "Pioneer Role" in Change in Libya

Yacout Info | 09/21/2011 | News
Moroccan Foreign Minister Taib Fassi Fihri highlighted, on Tuesday in the United Nations headquarters in New York, the "pioneer role" that Morocco played to support change in Libya.   "We emphasised the pioneer role that the Kingdom played to support change (in Libya) after the Gaddafi...
Libya, Taib Fassi Fihri, UN General Assembly

Al Qaida plans to hit aircraft headed for N. Africa with missiles obtained from Libya

Yacout Info | 09/20/2011 | News
The United States has reported an Al Qaida plot to target aircraft destined for Algeria using newly-acquired missiles from Libya.   The State Department said it has determined a plot by Al Qaida Organization in the Islamic Maghreb to attack aircraft chartered by energy companies in Algeria....
Al Qaeda, Algeria, Libya, missiles, US State Department

G8 extends Arab financing pledge to $38 bln, includes Libya

Yacout Info | 09/10/2011 | News
Group of Eight finance chiefs pledged on Saturday $38 billion in financing to Tunisia, Egypt, Morocco and Jordan over 2011-13 and said Libya’s interim ruling council would be invited to join the scheme.   Finance ministers and senior officials from the G7 major economies plus Russia extended...
38 billion, Arab Financing pledge, Egypt, G8, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia

Gaddafi sold 20% of the gold in Libya during the last days of the regime

Yacout Info | 09/08/2011 | News
The former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has sold more than 20% of the country's gold reserves, worth over a billion dollars in the last days of the regime, said Thursday the governor of the Bank Central Libyan Azzoz Qassem. About 29 tons of gold, worth about 1.7 billion dinars were sold to...
Azzoz Qassem, Central Bank, Gaddaffi, Gold, Libya

Morocco reaffirms support for new Libyan authorities

Yacout Info | 09/08/2011 | News
Morocco reaffirmed, on Wednesday, its support for the new Libyan authorities and its entire readiness to provide the necessary assistance for the achievement of the process of change in Libya. Speaking at a press briefing following the weekly cabinet meeting, Communications Minister and...
Colonel gaddafi, Khalid Naciri, Libya, Morocco, support

Morocco to play a role in Libya's democratic transition and reconstruction- Head of Government

Yacout Info | 09/03/2011 | News
Morocco will have a role to play in international efforts to support Libya's democratic transition and rebuilding, said Thursday in Paris the Head of the Moroccan Government Abbas El Fassi.   "We have a role to play in Libya, because we have a common history and over 100,000 Moroccan...
Abbas El Fassi, conference, David Cameron, Libya, Morocco, Nicholas Sarkozy, Paris, Taieb Fassi Fihri

Economic future for Libya brighter than in Tunisia, Egypt

Yacout Info | 08/30/2011 | News
As the Libyan rebels continue to mop up resistance inside Tripoli and extend the nominal authority of the Transitional National Council to the rest of Libya, it is important to remember that the establishment of a new Libya will take time and face challenges even greater than those required to...
Libya, Mahmoud Jabril, Muammar Qaddafi, Transitional National Council, United Nations

Arab countries invited to the Paris Conference on the future of Libya (Quai d'Orsay)

Yacout Info | 08/27/2011 | News
The Arab countries will be invited to the International Conference on the future of Libya, scheduled for 1 st-September in Paris, at the initiative of France and the UK, the Quai d'Orsay announced on Thursday..  "France and the UK have  invited, the Arab countries at the highest...
Brazil and India, China, conference, Libya, Paris, Russia

Morocco will be on the side of brotherly Libyan people in all future steps

Yacout Info | 08/24/2011 | News
Morocco will be on the side of brotherly Libyan people in all future steps either at the political level or regarding all issues related to rebuilding and urbanization, Moroccan Foreign Minister, Taib Fassi Fihri, said.  At a joint press briefing with chairman of the Libyan National...
Libya, Morocco, Moustapha Jalil, NTC, Taib Fassi Fihri

The Libyans have shown that human dignity overcomes dictators

Yacout Info | 08/24/2011 | Yacoupedia
The long reign of 42 years of Muammar Gaddafi of Libya to an end and the future of the country is now in the hands of the Libyan people, said Obama on August 22 during a radio broadcast from the Martha's Vineyard (Mass.).  Libya what you deserve is within your reach," he said, now...
Hilary Clinton, Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, Mustafa Abdul Jalil, National transitional Council, NATO, Obama, Victoria Nuland

Morocco confirms recognition of Libyan Transitional Council

Yacout Info | 08/23/2011 | News
Morocco on Monday confirmed its recognition of the National Transitional Council (NTC) as the sole and legitimate representative of the Libyan people.  In a statement to Moroccan TV channels “Al Oula” and “2M”, aired on their evening news, Foreign Minister, Taib Fassi Fihri, stressed that...
Fassi Fihri, Libya, Morocco, NTC, recognition

Marrakesh bomb suspect was expelled from Libya: minister

Yacout Info | 05/09/2011 | News
The main suspect in last week's deadly bomb attack in Marrakesh was previously expelled from Libya and Portugal, Moroccan Interior Minister Taieb Cherkaoui said Friday after three people were arrested. The alleged bomb-maker, accused of killing 16 people including eight French nationals, "was...
Al Qaeda, Iraq, Libya, Marrakesh bomb, Salafist, Syria

Morocco stands by Libyan people: FM

Yacout Info | 04/22/2011 | News
Morocco's approach with regard to the situation in Libya consists of standing by the Libyan people, , Morocco's Foreign Minister said on Thursday. Morocco's approach with regard to the situation in Libya consists of standing by the Libyan people, , Morocco's Foreign Minister said on Thursday. Taïb...
Fassi Fihri, Khalid Naciri, Libya, Morocco

Moroccan FM receives Libyan Deputy Foreign Minister in charge of Arab Affairs

Yacout Info | 04/19/2011 | News
Moroccan Foreign Minister Taib Fassi Fihri, received, on Monday in Rabat, Libyan Deputy Foreign Minister in charge of Arab affairs Omran Boukraa.       During this meeting, Fassi Fihri recalled the strong ties of brotherhood and solidarity between the two peoples and their...
Fassi Fihri, Libya, Morocco, Omran Boukraa

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