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Jimmy Carter Dies Aged 100

United States President Jimmy Carter holds a press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on August 4, 1980. The President discussed the scandal surrounding his brother Billy. Carter said there was no impropriety in his brother's activities and insisted neither he nor any member of his administration broke any laws. The President went on to say his brother tried to free the American hostages being held in Iran through his dealings with the Libyans. Photo by Benjamin E. "Gene" Forte/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Jimmy Carter Dies Aged 100

United States President Jimmy Carter holds a press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on August 4, 1980. The President discussed the scandal surrounding his brother Billy. Carter said there was no impropriety in his brother's activities and insisted neither he nor any member of his administration broke any laws. The President went on to say his brother tried to free the American hostages being held in Iran through his dealings with the Libyans. Photo by Benjamin E. "Gene" Forte/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Jimmy Carter Dies Aged 100

United States President Jimmy Carter holds a press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on August 4, 1980. The President discussed the scandal surrounding his brother Billy. Carter said there was no impropriety in his brother's activities and insisted neither he nor any member of his administration broke any laws. The President went on to say his brother tried to free the American hostages being held in Iran through his dealings with the Libyans. Photo by Benjamin E. "Gene" Forte/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Libyans struggle to celebrate Eid al-Adha as livestock price increases

STORY: Libyans struggle to celebrate Eid al-Adha as livestock price increases SHOOTING TIME: June 11, 2024 DATELINE: June 15, 2024 LENGTH: 00:03:43 LOCATION: Tripoli CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the livestock market 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MILUD EHBEL, Libyan citizen and resident of Tripoli 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): JAMAL ABU-JARIDA, Livestock merchant from Khoms 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): MOHAMED ABDUL-FATTAH, Libyan citizen and resident of Tripoli 5. various of the livestock market STORYLINE: Libyans are struggling with unexpectedly high prices of livestock as the country is embracing the Muslim festival Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice. According to Islamic traditions, Muslim families usually buy a sheep, goat, or cattle as a sacrifice in the early morning of Eid al-Adha and distribute the meat to the poor as a charity gift. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MILUD EHBEL, Libyan citizen and resident of Tripoli "I came to the market today to check the prices of sheep. However, the prices are very h

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Libyans stage massive demonstrations in support of Palestinians

STORY: Libyans stage massive demonstrations in support of Palestinians DATELINE: Oct. 14, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:28 LOCATION: Tripoli CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the demonstrations STORYLINE: Massive demonstrations took place in Martyrs' Square in Libyan's capital Tripoli on Friday to denounce the Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, and in solidarity with the Palestinian people who have been facing siege, bombing, and raids for a week. Chanting slogans in support of the Palestinian resistance, the protesters raised the Libyan and Palestinian flags, as well as banners denouncing Israel's raids. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Tripoli. (XHTV)

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UN to provide aid to needed Libyans after floods: envoy

STORY: UN to provide aid to needed Libyans after floods: envoy DATELINE: Sept. 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:37 LOCATION: Tripoli CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the flood aftermath 2. various of rescue STORYLINE: The special representative of the UN Secretary-General for Libya said Saturday that the UN is actively collaborating with local authorities and aid agencies to provide aid to those in need following a visit to Derna, the hardest-hit city by floods in eastern Libya. "I left Derna today with a heavy heart after witnessing the devastation caused by the floods on lives and properties ... This crisis is beyond Libya's capacity to manage, it goes beyond politics and borders," Abdoulaye Bathily said in a post on social media platform X. Bathily added that the UN is actively collaborating with local authorities and aid agencies on the ground providing aid to those in need while conducting further assessment of the situation to enhance coordination of the response efforts in Derna and other affe

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UN envoy to Libya praises unity of Libyans against flood

STORY: UN envoy to Libya praises unity of Libyans against flood DATELINE: Sept. 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:57 LOCATION: Tripoli CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of flood-hit areas STORYLINE: Abdoulaye Bathily, special representative of the UN Secretary-General for Libya, on Thursday said the Libyan people "have set a great example of unity, compassion and resilience" in the face of the devastating flood disaster triggered by Hurricane Daniel. "Today, I see one united Libya, no east, west, or south. I urge all Libyan authorities and institutions to continue coordinating their response efforts," Bathily tweeted. Mohieddin Monji, spokesperson of the Ministry of Health of the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity, said on Thursday the ministry sent field hospitals and medical professionals to eastern Libya to detect and contain any possible diseases in the flood-hit areas. Libya's eastern-based House of Representatives (parliament) decided to allocate 10 billion dinars (2.06 billion U.S. dollar

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Egyptian FM emphasizes preventing foreign interference in Libya's political process

STORY: Egyptian FM emphasizes preventing foreign interference in Libya's political process DATELINE: Feb. 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:40 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Foreign Ministry in Cairo 2. various of the meeting STORYLINE: Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Tuesday underlined the importance of stopping foreign interference in Libya's political process. In a meeting with the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Libya Abdoulaye Bathily that aimed at finding out ways to push the political process in Libya forward, Shoukry called on all relevant parties to support Libyans in reaching a consensus, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The two diplomats agreed on reaching a consensus over the political process that could ensure running Libya's presidential and parliamentary elections and expelling foreign fighters and mercenaries from Libya within a specific timeframe. Shoukry also reviewed the progress of reaching a constitutional fra

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Election in Libya

TRIPOLI, Libya - Men show off their voter registration cards in Tripoli on July 7, 2012. Libyans cast votes the same day in the first parliamentary election after last year's downfall and killing of longtime dictator Muammar Gaddafi.

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Election in Libya

TRIPOLI, Libya - Cars displaying Libyan flags pictured at Tripoli's Martyrs' Square on July 7, 2012. Libyans cast votes the same day in the first parliamentary election after last year's downfall and killing of longtime dictator Muammar Gaddafi.

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Election in Libya

TRIPOLI, Libya - People stand in line outside a polling station in Tripoli on July 7, 2012. Libyans cast votes in the first parliamentary elections after last year's downfall and killing of longtime dictator Muammar Gaddafi.

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Election in Libya

TRIPOLI, Libya - A man casts his vote at a polling station in Tripoli on July 7, 2012. Libyans cast votes in the first parliamentary election after last year's downfall and killing of longtime dictator Muammar Gaddafi.

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Election in Libya

TRIPOLI, Libya - Photo shows women waiting outside a polling station in Tripoli on July 7, 2012 for their turn to vote. Libyans cast votes in the first parliamentary election after last year's downfall and killing of longtime dictator Muammar Gaddafi.

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Libyans celebrate Gaddafi's death

MISRATA, Libya - Women are seen celebrating liberation from the rule of Muammar Gaddafi at a square in Misrata, Libya, on Oct. 23, 2011. The former Libyan leader's body was kept in the city, about 200 kilometers east of Tripoli, after he was captured by anti-Gaddafi forces on Oct. 20 and died in an apparent slaughter.

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Libyans celebrate death of Gaddafi

TRIPOLI, Libya - Libyans celebrate in Martyrs' Square in central Tripoli on Oct. 21, 2011, a day after the death of the country's deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi. Gaddafi, Libya's dictator for more than 40 years, was killed after being captured by rebel forces in his hometown of Sirte.

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Victory celebration in Tripoli

TRIPOLI, Libya - Libyans celebrate the overthrow of the Muammar Gaddafi administration at Martyrs' Square in Tripoli on the night of Aug. 30, 2011, when Ramadan ended.

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Victory celebration in Tripoli

TRIPOLI, Libya - Libyans celebrate the overthrow of the Muammar Gaddafi administration at Martyrs' Square in Tripoli on the night of Aug. 30, 2011, when Ramadan ended.

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Libyans in Tripoli

TRIPOLI, Libya - Libyan women rejoice as they hold the rebels' tri-colored flag at a square in central Tripoli on Aug. 26, 2011.

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Libyans in Benghazi

BENGHAZI, Libya - Libyans attend Friday prayers in Benghazi, northeastern Libya, on Aug. 26, 2011, the first since the collapse of Muammar Gaddafi's regime.

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Libyans enter Gaddafi quarters

TRIPOLI, Libya - Opposition soldiers examine an underground shelter at the Bab al-Aziziya bastion in southern Tripoli on Aug. 25, 2011. Muammar Gaddafi's whereabouts remained unknown after opposition forces stormed the Libyan capital.

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Libyans enter Gaddafi quarters

TRIPOLI, Libya - A man climbs on a statue in Muammar Gaddafi's compound at the Bab al-Aziziya bastion in southern Tripoli on Aug. 25, 2011. Gaddafi's whereabouts remained unknown after opposition forces stormed the Libyan capital.

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Anti-Gaddafi protests in Istanbul

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Libyans demonstrate against the country's leader Muammar Gaddafi in Istanbul on July 15, 2011, near the venue of a foreign ministerial meeting involving Europe, the United States and other countries to discuss the situation in the North African country.

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Libyans fleeing from capital

BENGHAZI, Libya - A fishing boat carrying evacuees from Tripoli, the Libyan capital controlled by leader Muammar Gaddafi, arrives at Benghazi, a northeastern Libyan stronghold of anti-Gaddafi forces, on June 18, 2011.

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Exiled Libyans back home to fight Gaddafi

BENGHAZI, Libya - Photo shows pro-rebel civilians collecting information in the northern Libyan city of Ajdabiya about forces royal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on April 17, 2011, while driving a vehicle to deliver aid supplies.

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Unrest in Libya

AJDABIYA, Libya - Libyans opposed to leader Muammar Gaddafi rejoice on a tank in Ajdabiya on March 26, 2011, after antigovernment forces take back the northeastern Libyan city from the government.

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Libyans in Japan call to end violent crackdowns

TOKYO, Japan - Libyans residing in Japan march through the streets of Tokyo on Feb. 26, 2011, in a protest against Muammar Gaddafi's regime.

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Libyans demonstrate in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Libyans residing in Japan rally against the country's leader Muammar Gaddafi, calling for a halt to deadly crackdowns on protestors in the North African country, around the Libyan Embassy in Tokyo on Feb. 23, 2011.

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Libyans demonstrate in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A man calls for the resignation of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, placing a shoe against a Gaddafi poster in front of the Libyan Embassy in Tokyo on Feb. 23, 2011. About 100 Libyans residing in Japan rallied against Gaddafi the same day calling for a halt to deadly crackdowns on protestors in the North African country.

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Libyans struggling to buy sacrifices for Eid al-Adha

STORY: Libyans struggling to buy sacrifices for Eid al-Adha DATELINE: July 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:12 LOCATION: Tripoli CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the sheep market 2. SOUNDBITE(Arabic): YOUNIS ALI YOUNIS, Libyan resident STORYLINE: Many Libyans are struggling to buy sacrifices for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. Eid al-Adha, known as the Festival of the Sacrifice, is one of the two Islamic holidays celebrated worldwide every year. According to Islamic teachings, Muslim families should buy a sheep, a goat, or a cow as a sacrifice in the early morning of Eid al-Adha and distribute its meat to the poor as a charity gift. SOUNDBITE(Arabic): YOUNIS ALI YOUNIS, Libyan resident "Prices (of sheep) are a little high. I don't know the reason. It could be because of merchants rising prices or unbalanced supply and demand. I call on the merchants to consider the economic situation of many Libyans with the prices. This is not a time of financial profit. It's time for the people to help each other. It

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Libyan gov't says 210 mln USD spent to maintain power plants

STORY: Libyan gov't says 210 mln USD spent to maintain power plants DATELINE: July 5, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:00 LOCATION: Tripoli CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press conference 2. various of correspondents reporting the conference STORYLINE: The Government of National Unity in Libya on Monday said it has allocated 1 billion Libyan dinars (about 210 million U.S. dollars) over the past two years to maintain the country's power plants. "All the power plants in the country need maintenance. Some plants were not maintained for over 15 years," Mohamed Hamuda, the government spokesman, told a press conference in the capital Tripoli after a cabinet meeting. Some new power plants have not been used yet for "security and technical reasons," he said. Libyans tend to suffer a 14-hour power cut on a daily basis, especially during the summer, amid years of armed conflict and instability in the North African country. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Tripoli. (XHTV)

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UN voices concern about clashes in Libya's Tripoli

STORY: UN voices concern about clashes in Libya's Tripoli DATELINE: June 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:24 LOCATION: Tripoli CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Libyan army STORYLINE: The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Saturday expressed concern about clashes that erupted in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Friday night between armed groups. "UNSMIL has received reports of clashes in Tripoli last night between armed groups, which endangered the lives of civilians, and separately of mobilization of armed groups along with heavy weapons from areas surrounding Tripoli," UNSMIL said in a statement. A local security source told Xinhua that at least 4 people were injured in the clashes. The armed groups were yet to be identified. UNSMIL is deeply concerned about these developments, during an extremely sensitive period of political polarization which the United Nations, international partners, and concerned Libyans are making efforts to resolve, including through imminent rounds of dialogu

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48th International Fair held in Tripoli

STORY: 48th International Fair held in Tripoli DATELINE: May 11, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:28 LOCATION: Tripoli CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the International Fair STORYLINE: The 48th International Fair of Libya was held in Tripoli Monday with 110 Libyan companies and foreign companies from six countries including Turkey, Tunisia, Algeria, Indonesia, Italy, and Romania being present. The fair covers food, building materials, import and export equipment, and other industries. The fair attracted a large number of Libyans. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Tripoli. (XHTV)

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Libya celebrates couscous festival

STORY: Libya celebrates couscous festival DATELINE: March 12, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:14 LOCATION: Tripoli CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1 various of the festival STORYLINE: Libyans celebrated the couscous festival on Thursday by making a huge traditional couscous dish with a diameter of four meters and a depth of 30 centimeters. Displayed in Al-Rujban city, some 162 km southwest of Tripoli, the huge dish contained about 1,500 kilograms of couscous and four camels. The festival aimed to bring joy to people who want to escape from the ongoing conflict in the country. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Tripoli. (XHTV)

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Libyans demonstrate in Tripoli, calling for elections

STORY: Libyans demonstrate in Tripoli, calling for elections DATELINE: March 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:23 LOCATION: Tripoli CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the demonstration 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): FAYROUZ SLEEPY, Libyan citizen STORYLINE: Demonstrations were held on Friday at Martyrs Square in Tripoli, rejecting the extension of the transitional stages, calling for the overthrow of Parliament with its recent decisions, and the acceleration of the establishment of the electoral process. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): FAYROUZ SLEEPY, Libyan citizen "The reason for our existence today is that we want to prove that we are determined to establish a civil state. What is currently taking place is an assault on the right of the Libyan people from an illegitimate parliament and illegitimate bodies and an attempt to introduce overturned bodies and return to the rule of the military and dictatorship to Libya. This is completely rejected." The demonstration coincided with the demonstrations in other cities including Mis

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Victory celebration in Tripoli

TRIPOLI, Libya - Libyans celebrate the overthrow of the Muammar Gaddafi administration at Martyrs' Square in Tripoli on the night of Aug. 30, 2011, when Ramadan ended. (Kyodo)

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Victory celebration in Tripoli

TRIPOLI, Libya - Libyans celebrate the overthrow of the Muammar Gaddafi administration at Martyrs' Square in Tripoli on the night of Aug. 30, 2011, when Ramadan ended. (Kyodo)

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Libyans in Benghazi

BENGHAZI, Libya - Libyans attend Friday prayers in Benghazi, northeastern Libya, on Aug. 26, 2011, the first since the collapse of Muammar Gaddafi's regime. (Kyodo)

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Libyans in Tripoli

TRIPOLI, Libya - Libyan women rejoice as they hold the rebels' tri-colored flag at a square in central Tripoli on Aug. 26, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Libyans enter Gaddafi quarters

TRIPOLI, Libya - Opposition soldiers examine an underground shelter at the Bab al-Aziziya bastion in southern Tripoli on Aug. 25, 2011. Muammar Gaddafi's whereabouts remained unknown after opposition forces stormed the Libyan capital. (Kyodo)

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Libyans enter Gaddafi quarters

TRIPOLI, Libya - A man climbs on a statue in Muammar Gaddafi's compound at the Bab al-Aziziya bastion in southern Tripoli on Aug. 25, 2011. Gaddafi's whereabouts remained unknown after opposition forces stormed the Libyan capital. (Kyodo)

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Anti-Gaddafi protests in Istanbul

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Libyans demonstrate against the country's leader Muammar Gaddafi in Istanbul on July 15, 2011, near the venue of a foreign ministerial meeting involving Europe, the United States and other countries to discuss the situation in the North African country. (Kyodo)

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Libyans fleeing from capital

BENGHAZI, Libya - A fishing boat carrying evacuees from Tripoli, the Libyan capital controlled by leader Muammar Gaddafi, arrives at Benghazi, a northeastern Libyan stronghold of anti-Gaddafi forces, on June 18, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Exiled Libyans back home to fight Gaddafi

BENGHAZI, Libya - Photo shows pro-rebel civilians collecting information in the northern Libyan city of Ajdabiya about forces royal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on April 17, 2011, while driving a vehicle to deliver aid supplies. (Kyodo)

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Unrest in Libya

AJDABIYA, Libya - Libyans opposed to leader Muammar Gaddafi rejoice on a tank in Ajdabiya on March 26, 2011, after antigovernment forces take back the northeastern Libyan city from the government. (Kyodo)

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Libyans in Japan call to end violent crackdowns

TOKYO, Japan - Libyans residing in Japan march through the streets of Tokyo on Feb. 26, 2011, in a protest against Muammar Gaddafi's regime. (Kyodo)

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Libyans demonstrate in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A man calls for the resignation of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, placing a shoe against a Gaddafi poster in front of the Libyan Embassy in Tokyo on Feb. 23, 2011. About 100 Libyans residing in Japan rallied against Gaddafi the same day calling for a halt to deadly crackdowns on protestors in the North African country. (Kyodo)

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Libyans demonstrate in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Libyans residing in Japan rally against the country's leader Muammar Gaddafi, calling for a halt to deadly crackdowns on protestors in the North African country, around the Libyan Embassy in Tokyo on Feb. 23, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Libyans celebrate Gaddafi's death

MISRATA, Libya - Women are seen celebrating liberation from the rule of Muammar Gaddafi at a square in Misrata, Libya, on Oct. 23, 2011. The former Libyan leader's body was kept in the city, about 200 kilometers east of Tripoli, after he was captured by anti-Gaddafi forces on Oct. 20 and died in an apparent slaughter. (Kyodo)

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Libyans celebrate death of Gaddafi

TRIPOLI, Libya - Libyans celebrate in Martyrs' Square in central Tripoli on Oct. 21, 2011, a day after the death of the country's deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi. Gaddafi, Libya's dictator for more than 40 years, was killed after being captured by rebel forces in his hometown of Sirte. (Kyodo)