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News Libya » Tripoli » Places: Museum housing Libya's ancient treasures reopens for first time since 2011 uprising that toppled Gadhafi

News channel or source: https://www.nbcnews.com/world/africa/museum-libya-ancient-treasures-reopens-uprising-gadhafi-rcna248984
Published on: Saturday 13 December 2025

Tripoli's Red Castle museum has reopened for the first time since the 2011 uprising that toppled Moammar Gadhafi, unveiling a trove of treasures that span millennia, from ancient mummies to relics of ...

News Libya » Tripoli » Places: Tripoli zoo reopens to offer Libyans rare respite from violence

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/general/tripoli-zoo-reopens-to-offer-libyans-rare-respite-from-violence/ar-AA20ymcF
Published on: Thursday 09 April 2026

It was supposed to be a temporary closure for renovations, but for 17 long years, Tripoli's zoo -- like the city itself -- was embroiled in the violence of Libya's brutal conflict. Even the animals ...

News Libya » Tripoli » Places: 131 refugees evacuated out of Libya to Niger, amidst ongoing conflict in Tripoli

News channel or source: https://www.unhcr.org/news/press-releases/131-refugees-evacuated-out-libya-niger-amidst-ongoing-conflict-tripoli
Published on: Wednesday 19 June 2019

A group of 131 refugees were evacuated last night out of Libya to the Emergency Transit Mechanism (ETM) in Niger, run by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. The evacuees were from Eritrea, Somalia and Sudan ...

News Libya » Tripoli » Places: Armed robbery takes place at office of Libyan state oil firm in Tripoli

News channel or source: https://www.reuters.com/article/world/armed-robbery-takes-place-at-office-of-libyan-state-oil-firm-in-tripoli-idUSKCN1VT01R/
Published on: Saturday 07 September 2019

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's state oil firm (NOC) said armed men had opened fire on Friday at the headquarters of a wells drilling and maintenance unit in the capital. NOC said in a statement that two ...