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Business 22/10/2020

Septimius Security, the new Irish face of Security Side's former CEO

With its Islamist associations proving to be a burden for the Tripoli-based company, Security Side's former managing director has set up a new entity in Ireland, without entirely cutting the ties between the two. [...]

Business 21/10/2020

San Marino Executive Aviation, the new pillar of Istanbul-Misrata airlift

The small private Turkish airliner domiciled in Saint-Marin is picking up cargo traffic to Libya. [...]

Diplomacy 21/10/2020

Al Kharafi affair: Paris opposes unfreezing of Libyan Investment Authority fund's French assets Free

The Fnac des Ternes building is part of the property concerned by the dispute. ©Olivier Boitet/PhotoPQR/Le Parisien/MaxPPP

Business 20/10/2020

AAIC keen to invest in LPG bottling in Misrata

Libya's public fund All Africa Investment Corp, founded in 2005 to invest in the African oil and gas sector, is reinventing itself as a heavy industry player in Misrata. [...]

Business 19/10/2020

Tripoli refuses to pay €83m claimed by Strabag over Ghadhafi-era contracts

Austrian construction group Strabag has picked three lawyers for its battle to make Libya pay the €83m the country was ordered to hand over after arbitration. [...]

SpotlightPolitics 15/10/2020

UNSMIL set to launch Tunis peace talks with no leader

The tenure of Stephanie Williams, interim head of UNSMIL, will expire on 3 November 2020. ©Tobias Hase/dpa

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Diplomacy 14/10/2020

Libya's ambassador to Washington Wafa Bugaighis launches prestige overhaul of chancery

Libyan Ambassador to Washington Wafa Bugaighis is planning a major renovation of her country's embassy at 1460 Dahlia Street in Washington. [...]

Tripoli's prosecutor general Siddiq Al Sour.

Business 13/10/2020

EY audit is Libyan prosecutor's new weapon against LIA chairman

Prosecutor general Siddiq Al Sour may try to use the audit of the country's sovereign fund, a measure requested by the UN, to oust the fund's chairman and have him replaced with an associate of Interior Minister Fathi Bachagha. [...]

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Erdogan sets out to conquer Africa

Keen to reassert Turkey's international status, and also to help Turkish companies to break into the African market, the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been spearheading a major diplomatic and business drive in West and North Africa. [...]

In Libya, many cities, such as the capital Tripoli, suffer from long power cuts.

Business 09/10/2020

Erdogan holds Turkish-Libyan trade forum amid power cuts in Tripoli

The DEIK-sponsored trade fair to be held in mid-October in Istanbul will open up opportunities for Turkish companies to shore up the government of Fayez Sarraj, with the restoration of the electricity supply in the capital being a particular priority. [...]

Refugees on an Italian Coast Guard boat.

Diplomacy 07/10/2020

Italy moves to keep control of EUBAM Libya after Tagliaferri departure

While Vincenzo Tagliaferri's mandate as the head of EUBAM Libya ended on 30 September, the Italian delegation in Brussels led by Maurizio Massari is pushing for compatriot Natalina Cea to take over the EU border assistance mission. [...]

Politics 06/10/2020

From city hall to the port, Sgoutri clan gains clout in Misrata

On 24 September, when Mahmoud Sgoutri took over as mayor of the city-state, his brother Mohsen Mohamed Sgoutri held his first board meeting as president of the Misrata Free Zone. [...]

Al Seddik Omar Al Kabir, Governor of the Central Bank of Libya.

Business 02/10/2020

Al Kabir seeks to retain control of Libyan Foreign Bank

Central Bank Governor Al Seddik Omar Al Kabir wants to extend one of his lieutenants' term as chairman of the bank, which could end up receiving all national oil revenues. [...]

Diplomacy 29/09/2020

Abu Dhabi bankrolls pro-Haftar lobbying in Paris

The UAE paid for and Mezri Haddad helped organise a dinner-debate held by a prominent foreign policy magazine that featured French former junior trade minister Pierre Lellouche as guest of honour. [...]

Business 28/09/2020

Arbitration: $1bn Al Kharafi-LIA dispute to play out in France's highest court

The Kuwaiti company is fighting to the bitter end to keep hold of the Libyan sovereign fund's French assets it seized seven years ago, but the arbitration ruling behind the confiscation has been reversed in Egypt. [...]

Spotlight Oil & gas 24/09/2020

Trasta Energy and Libya choose their arbitratrors for battle royale over Ras Lanuf refinery

Trasta, which was briefly the operator of the Ras Lanuf refinery, the Emirates' principal asset in Libya, has accused Tripoli of having failed to adequately protect the refinery. The case is to go to arbitration and the two sides have now chosen their arbitrators. [...]

Politics 23/09/2020

Nawasi militia leader Mustafa Gadur moves back to centre stage in Tripoli

The decline in the influence of interior minister Fathi Bachagha is good news for Mustafa Gadur, the leader of Tripoli's most powerful militia who has been calling for months for Bachagha to be dismissed. [...]

The former secretary of state in charge of foreign trade and former French deputy Pierre Lellouche.

Business 21/09/2020

MP-turned-consultant Pierre Lellouche returns to the Libya debate

L'ancien secrétaire d'Etat chargé du commerce extérieur et ex-député français Pierre Lellouche se replonge dans les affaires libyennes. [...]

French president Emmanuel Macron tried to organise a mini-summit on the Libyan crisis on 17 September in Paris.

Diplomacy 18/09/2020

How Macron derailed UNSMIL head Stephanie Williams' peace plan

France's attempt to organise a meeting meeting between Fayez Sarraj, Khalifa Haftar and Aguila Salah Issa provoked a wave of protests in Tripoli. Its intervention has disrupted the crisis exit negotiations led by the United States and the United Nations. [...]

Aguila Salah Issa, speaker of the eastern-based parliament.

Diplomacy 16/09/2020

Why the EU wants to remove Aguila Salah Issa from sanctions list

In its efforts to influence negotiations to end the crisis in Libya, the European Union is hoping for support from the speaker of the eastern-based parliament, despite having slapped sanctions on him in 2016. [...]

Diplomacy 11/09/2020

Macron makes changes to handlers of Libyan crisis

The French president has moved Paul Soler, his erstwhile main advisor on Libyan affairs, to Jordan, giving more control to diplomatic advisor Patrick Durel. [...]

Spotlight Politics 10/09/2020

Erdogan gives Sarraj a boost, as talks with Mohammed VI drag

A meeting of representatives of eastern and western Libya, hosted by Mohammed VI in Morocco on 6 and 7 September, failed to reach an agreement on how to replace the Government of National Accord, whom Turkey has pledged to save with military aide. [...]

Diplomacy 07/09/2020

Zintan chief Oussama Al-Jouili woos Paris and Washington

Despite his role in expelling Khalifa Haftar's forces from Tripoli, the Government of National Accord western Libya commander is politically marginalized in the capital. [...]

Diplomacy Defence 01/09/2020

New French military attaché Thomas Billard to mediate with Tripoli

Following a posting in Tunis, the new French defence attaché Thomas Billard will now have to restore good relations with Fayez Sarraj's Government of National Accord. He comes from the same intelligence unit as Emmanuel Macron's former Libyan adviser, Paul Soler, whom he knows well. [...]

The head of the Libyan Presidential Council Fayez Sarraj.

Politics 31/08/2020

Sarraj-Bachagha split driven by US-Turkey spat over ceasefire

The ceasefire announced by Prime Minister Fayez Sarraj has prompted a break with his interior minister, Fathi Bachagha, who was sacked on 28 August. Sarraj enjoys the support of Washington, while Bachagha - the guarantor of Misrata's interests - seems to have won the backing of Anakra. [...]

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Septimius Security, the new Irish face of Security Side's former CEO

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AAIC keen to invest in LPG bottling in Misrata

Tripoli refuses to pay €83m claimed by Strabag over Ghadhafi-era contracts

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Libya's ambassador to Washington Wafa Bugaighis launches prestige overhaul of chancery

EY audit is Libyan prosecutor's new weapon against LIA chairman

Erdogan sets out to conquer Africa

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Italy moves to keep control of EUBAM Libya after Tagliaferri departure

From city hall to the port, Sgoutri clan gains clout in Misrata

Al Kabir seeks to retain control of Libyan Foreign Bank

Abu Dhabi bankrolls pro-Haftar lobbying in Paris

Arbitration: $1bn Al Kharafi-LIA dispute to play out in France's highest court

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Nawasi militia leader Mustafa Gadur moves back to centre stage in Tripoli

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Septimius Security, the new Irish face of Security Side's former CEO

San Marino Executive Aviation, the new pillar of Istanbul-Misrata airlift

Al Kharafi affair: Paris opposes unfreezing of Libyan Investment Authority fund's French assets Free

AAIC keen to invest in LPG bottling in Misrata

Tripoli refuses to pay €83m claimed by Strabag over Ghadhafi-era contracts

UNSMIL set to launch Tunis peace talks with no leader

Libya's ambassador to Washington Wafa Bugaighis launches prestige overhaul of chancery

EY audit is Libyan prosecutor's new weapon against LIA chairman

Erdogan sets out to conquer Africa

Erdogan holds Turkish-Libyan trade forum amid power cuts in Tripoli

Italy moves to keep control of EUBAM Libya after Tagliaferri departure

From city hall to the port, Sgoutri clan gains clout in Misrata

Al Kabir seeks to retain control of Libyan Foreign Bank

Abu Dhabi bankrolls pro-Haftar lobbying in Paris

Arbitration: $1bn Al Kharafi-LIA dispute to play out in France's highest court

Trasta Energy and Libya choose their arbitratrors for battle royale over Ras Lanuf refinery

Nawasi militia leader Mustafa Gadur moves back to centre stage in Tripoli

MP-turned-consultant Pierre Lellouche returns to the Libya debate

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New French military attaché Thomas Billard to mediate with Tripoli

Sarraj-Bachagha split driven by US-Turkey spat over ceasefire

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