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Diplomacy 21/07/2021

Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangoush's job on the line as heavyweights seek to oust her

Libyan foreign minister Najla Al Mangoush. © Khaled Elfiqi/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

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Diplomacy 19/07/2021

How ICMPD, a champion of migrant 'assisted return', became an EU project manager

The director general of the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) Michael Spindelegger. © Hans Punz/EPA/MaxPPP

Diplomacy 16/07/2021

Trump lawyer Binnall prepares Haftar's war crimes defence

Jesse Binnall. © Greg Nash - Pool via CNP/picture alliance/Consolidated News Photos/Newscom/MaxPPP

Diplomacy 16/07/2021

Mohammed VI has plans for his own Libya forum in Bouznika

King Mohammed VI of Morocco. © Christophe Petit Tesson/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Diplomacy 14/07/2021

Jean-Yves Ollivier strives to help Sassou N'Guesso get back into Libyan affairs

On 15 July, Denis Sassou N'Guesso is due to receive a visit from Libyan Presidential Council president Mohamed Al Manfi. The two-day visit has been prepared by French parallel diplomacy specialist Jean-Yves Ollivier, who is a friend of the Congolese president. [...]

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Politics 13/07/2021

Guterres lobbies for the UN to take charge of militias' disarmament

Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres. © John Thys/Pool via Reuters

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Business Infrastructures 12/07/2021

Dabaiba takes direct control of ODAC, a major recipient of public funds during the Gaddafi era

Libyan prime minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba has revived ODAC, the state-owned body which oversees major public sector infrastructure projects. It was long headed by his cousin Ali Ibrahim Dabaiba, who is suspected of having misappropriated massive amounts of public funds. [...]

Rescued illegal migrants are taken to the Tripoli navy base in the capital of Tripoli. © Hamza Turkia/Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

Inner circles Politics 09/07/2021

Libyan Coast Guard under the influence of Libyan militias and foreign governments

With attempts by migrants to cross the Mediterranean from Libya on the increase and the European Union trying to set up its migration controls ever further from its own borders, Libya's coast guards are facing all kinds of pressures, from Libyans and foreign governments alike. [...]

Diplomacy Defence 09/07/2021

Chief of staff Mohamed Al Haddad heads to Moscow

Libyan army chief of staff Mohamed Al Haddad is due to travel to Moscow on 10 July 10 for a five-day visit. [...]

Business Ports and airports 08/07/2021

Misrata Free Zone signs multiple port management agreements, most recently with Yildirim

After receiving an offer from Albayrak, the Misrata Free Zone - the main maritime entry into the Libyan market - has signed an agreement with another Turkish industrial leader Yildirim. [...]

Diplomacy 08/07/2021

Macron puts finishing touches on Mediterranean summit

In November, the French city of Marseille will host the next edition of the Sommet des deux rives summit, which brings together ten states from the southern and northern shores of the Mediterranean. [...]

Jan Kubis, UN Special Envoy for Libya. © Kay Nietfeld/POOL/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Spotlight Diplomacy 07/07/2021

UNSMIL chief Jan Kubis seeks security affairs deputy

The UN mission's new number two will oversee the disarmament and reintegration of militia forces as well as security sector reform, two crucial processes that for now are going nowhere. [...]

Ali Mahmoud Hassan, head of the LIA. © lia.ly

Spotlight Politics 02/07/2021

One billion dollars keeps Ali Mahmoud Hassan at LIA helm

The chairman of Libya's sovereign wealth fund will remain in office in exchange for a payment of one billion dollars to the government. The money is a godsend for Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba, who may also be able to place his allies in the fund's subsidiaries. [...]

Business Defence 02/07/2021

Frontex plans to fly surveillance balloons over southern Mediterranean

After testing two CNIM aerostats in the Aegean Sea, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency plans to deploy this surveillance equipment in North Africa to counter migratory flows. [...]

Politics 02/07/2021

Haftar and Gaddafi's spy chief meet secretly in Cairo

Khalifa Haftar, who divides his time between Dubai and Cairo, has been holding numerous meetings with diplomats and top intelligence officers. In mid-June he talked at length with Abu Zaid Dorda, who served as Muammar Gaddafi's spy chief. [...]

Mustafa Sanalla, Chairman of the Libyan National Oil Corp (NOC). © Christian Bruna/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Spotlight Oil & gas 01/07/2021

NOC boss Sanalla may be on way out as Libya's oil industry booms

With the new government in place, chairman of state-run National Oil Corp (NOC) Mustafa Sanalla's days may be numbered. But he still has cards up his sleeve. [...]

Libyan National Army Super Puma helicopters during the parade on 28 May 2021. © Libyan National Army/YouTube

Business 01/07/2021

How Haftar resurrected his three Super Pumas

Delivered in 2019 by Lancaster 6, the firm owned by the Australian pilot Christiaan Durrant, the three Super Pumas of Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army had been confined for two years to their hangars before miraculously emerging last month to take their maiden flight. [...]

Diplomacy Defence 29/06/2021

Rome to renovate third and last Libyan patrol boat in dry dock in Bizerte

The Italian interior ministry will channel EU funds into the rehabilitation of a Libyan coast guard vessel it pledged to renovate in 2017. The boat is to be in shipshape and the crew trained within a year. [...]

Business Defence 29/06/2021

General Dynamics still chasing payment for Khamis Gaddafi's tank contract Free

The US defence giant, which cut short a major contract to supply equipment to an armoured brigade headed by Muammar Gaddafi's son, Khamis, in 2011, is looking to recover its contractual guarantees. It has just won a new round in its battle with the Libyan state before the British Supreme Court. [...]

Diplomacy 28/06/2021

French ambassador's real move to Tripoli set for early July

France's Libyan embassy, headed by Béatrice Le Fraper du Hellen, will in early July move definitively from Tunis to Tripoli. [...]

Libya's Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba. © Sadak Souici/Le Pictorium/MaxPPP

Diplomacy 25/06/2021

After Berlin and London, Dabaiba expected in Rabat on 27 June

After a trip to London on 25 June and an afternoon meeting with his British counterpart Boris Johnson, the Libyan prime minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba will fly to Rabat for his first official visit there since taking up his post in March. [...]

Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba welcoming the Airbus A340 © Government of national unity/twitter

Business 24/06/2021

Gaddafi's 'Air Force One' lands on home turf as EACS nears a crash

The company that manages the government's fleet of planes has brought home the late Muammar Gaddafi's VIP A340 at last. But its CEO, Abderrahman Shawish, has been put out of a job and the Audit Bureau is breathing down its neck over an irregular sale of Antonov-124 engines. [...]

Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba. © Ian Langsdon/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Spotlight Business 23/06/2021

Dabaiba takes asset hunt under his wing - to protect family

Libya's prime minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba has taken control of LARMO, the office charged with tracing millions of dollars worth of assets embezzled under Gaddafi's rule. The investigation points to state bodies LIDCO and ODAC, headed at the time by Dabaiba himself and his cousin Ali Ibrahim Dabaiba. [...]

Diplomacy 22/06/2021

Dabaiba and Haftar approach second round of Berlin peace summit with very different agendas

Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba wants to push for a postponement of the 24 December presidential and legislative elections to which other senior officials are also putting up road blocks even as potential candidate Khalifa Haftar readies for battle. [...]

The head of the Presidential Council of Libya, Mohamed Al Manfi. © Thomas Padilla/MaxPPP

Diplomacy 21/06/2021

Italy seeks to build bridges with Al Manfi ahead of second Berlin conference

As tension rises in the run-up to the second Berlin conference, Italy is taking steps to secure a better footing with Libya's two main eastern representatives, Mohamed al-Manfi and Aguila Salah Issa, awaiting the arrival of its consul in Benghazi. [...]

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Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangoush's job on the line as heavyweights seek to oust her

How ICMPD, a champion of migrant 'assisted return', became an EU project manager

Trump lawyer Binnall prepares Haftar's war crimes defence

Mohammed VI has plans for his own Libya forum in Bouznika

Jean-Yves Ollivier strives to help Sassou N'Guesso get back into Libyan affairs

Guterres lobbies for the UN to take charge of militias' disarmament

Dabaiba takes direct control of ODAC, a major recipient of public funds during the Gaddafi era

Libyan Coast Guard under the influence of Libyan militias and foreign governments

Chief of staff Mohamed Al Haddad heads to Moscow

Misrata Free Zone signs multiple port management agreements, most recently with Yildirim

Macron puts finishing touches on Mediterranean summit

UNSMIL chief Jan Kubis seeks security affairs deputy

One billion dollars keeps Ali Mahmoud Hassan at LIA helm

Frontex plans to fly surveillance balloons over southern Mediterranean

Haftar and Gaddafi's spy chief meet secretly in Cairo

NOC boss Sanalla may be on way out as Libya's oil industry booms

How Haftar resurrected his three Super Pumas

Rome to renovate third and last Libyan patrol boat in dry dock in Bizerte

General Dynamics still chasing payment for Khamis Gaddafi's tank contract Free

French ambassador's real move to Tripoli set for early July

After Berlin and London, Dabaiba expected in Rabat on 27 June

Gaddafi's 'Air Force One' lands on home turf as EACS nears a crash

Dabaiba takes asset hunt under his wing - to protect family

Dabaiba and Haftar approach second round of Berlin peace summit with very different agendas

Italy seeks to build bridges with Al Manfi ahead of second Berlin conference

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ALL ARTICLES LIBYA

Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangoush's job on the line as heavyweights seek to oust her

How ICMPD, a champion of migrant 'assisted return', became an EU project manager

Trump lawyer Binnall prepares Haftar's war crimes defence

Mohammed VI has plans for his own Libya forum in Bouznika

Jean-Yves Ollivier strives to help Sassou N'Guesso get back into Libyan affairs

Guterres lobbies for the UN to take charge of militias' disarmament

Dabaiba takes direct control of ODAC, a major recipient of public funds during the Gaddafi era

Libyan Coast Guard under the influence of Libyan militias and foreign governments

Chief of staff Mohamed Al Haddad heads to Moscow

Misrata Free Zone signs multiple port management agreements, most recently with Yildirim

Macron puts finishing touches on Mediterranean summit

UNSMIL chief Jan Kubis seeks security affairs deputy

One billion dollars keeps Ali Mahmoud Hassan at LIA helm

Frontex plans to fly surveillance balloons over southern Mediterranean

Haftar and Gaddafi's spy chief meet secretly in Cairo

NOC boss Sanalla may be on way out as Libya's oil industry booms

How Haftar resurrected his three Super Pumas

Rome to renovate third and last Libyan patrol boat in dry dock in Bizerte

General Dynamics still chasing payment for Khamis Gaddafi's tank contract Free

French ambassador's real move to Tripoli set for early July

After Berlin and London, Dabaiba expected in Rabat on 27 June

Gaddafi's 'Air Force One' lands on home turf as EACS nears a crash

Dabaiba takes asset hunt under his wing - to protect family

Dabaiba and Haftar approach second round of Berlin peace summit with very different agendas

Italy seeks to build bridges with Al Manfi ahead of second Berlin conference

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