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Tripoli set to retake Bangui's Plaza Ledger hotel after seven-year battle

Ledger Plaza in Bangui. © Internet Site Ledger Plaza

Zeyad Alzarzour Khalifa, the all-powerful boss of the Plaza Ledger hotel, was in mid-September unceremoniously booted out of his job. The move opens the door to Libya's sovereign wealth fund taking back control of the luxury hotel, and it could end years of bad blood between Tripoli and Bangui. [...] (523 words)

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