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Spotlight Corridors of power 21/09/2017

Ghassan Salame faces competition on all sides

Even before presenting his "road map" to the United Nations on September 20, UN special Libya envoy Ghassan Salame was confronted with competing initiatives from Tunisia, Egypt and even Congo-Brazzaville. In Tunis, Ennahda party leader Rached Ghannouchi is trying to [...]

Palace whispers 21/09/2017

Hunt is on for Morocco's new "best friend"

Rabat will be following very closely the reconstitution of the [...]

Palace whispers 21/09/2017

Boris Johnson tightens up links with the east

After foreign minister Boris Johnson's meeting with General Khalifa Haftar [...]

Business circles 21/09/2017

Top French groups to meet Sarraj's economy minister

The Franco-Libyan Chamber of Commerce (CCFL) is preparing to welcome a member of Fayez Sarraj's government for the first time [...]

Companies 21/09/2017

Fortius Consulting closes its specialist Libyan subsidiary

In the face of the country's continuing political and security [...]

Businessmen 21/09/2017

Janus Global counts on Stephen Taylor to win contracts

Janus Global Operations, the security company set up last year [...]

Corridors of power 21/09/2017

Hani Shennib is Haftar's special guest

General Khalifa Haftar gave Hani Shennib, head of the National Council on US-Libya Relations (NCUSLR), a warm welcome when he [...]

Power brokers 21/09/2017

Over and out for French special envoy Elisabeth Barbier

France's little seen special envoy for Libya, Elisabeth Barbier, is [...]

Spotlight Corridors of power 14/09/2017

Haftar tries to consolidate his tribal alliances

With the mandate of new United Nations special representative for Libya Ghassan Salame due to be validated on September 22 in New York (see here), eastern Libyan strong man Khalifa Haftar is trying to strengthen his position on the ground [...]

Business circles 14/09/2017

Jordan Airlines operates UNSMIL Tripoli-Kathmandu land bridge

The planned return of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) to Tripoli is making Jordan Airlines very happy! [...]

Companies 14/09/2017

Tatweer Research to work on UNDP entrepreneurship scheme

The United National Development Programme (UNDP) and the European Union [...]

Businessmen 14/09/2017

Guidotti envious of Aeneas's airport reconstruction contract

Arnaldo Guidotti, head of Italian construction group Emaco, which has [...]

Corridors of power 14/09/2017

Salame fine tunes his game plan

As he prepares for the return of the United Nationals Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) under the protection of some [...]

Power brokers 14/09/2017

M&N Aviation joins US intelligence-gathering armada

Small American company M&N Aviation has joined the cohort of [...]

Palace whispers 07/09/2017

Dieudonne and friends press for Saif's return

Although Saif el-Islam Gaddafi has kept out of the public [...]

Business circles 07/09/2017

Sahara Group taps into Mellitah crude

Nigeria's Sahara Group, which is headed by tycoon Tonye Cole, recently moved into the Libyan oil trading sector. According to [...]

Business circles 07/09/2017

Expert Shipping takes a pounding from Maltese customs

The autumn promises to be a testing one for freight forwarder Expert Shipping! The Benghazia-based group, which is also known [...]

Companies 07/09/2017

Constellis looks for opportunities on security market

British private security specialist Olive Group , now owned by [...]

Corridors of power 07/09/2017

Le Drian fails to close east-west gap

French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian's trip to Tripoli, Misrata and Benghazi on September 5 did not really help to [...]

Power brokers 07/09/2017

Aref Ali Nayed stays on the campaign trail

Aref Ali Nayed, former ambassador of the Tobruk authorities in [...]

Power brokers 07/09/2017

Haftar plays mechanic to get Gaddafi air force back in the air

Khalifa Haftar is using every means at his disposal to [...]

Palace whispers 31/08/2017

Saleh Grene plays guide to Gaddafists in Chad

Grene Saleh Grene, who was the last Libyan ambassador to [...]

Companies 31/08/2017

Karelia attacks counterfeit King Size cigarettes from Malta

Greek cigarette manufacturer Karelia Tobacco is pursuing its war on [...]

Corridors of power 31/08/2017

Minniti keeps busy in southern Libya

Italy is stepping up its efforts in southern Libya. The peace agreement sponsored by interior minister Marco Minniti between the [...]

Corridors of power 31/08/2017

Muntasser stays on Haftar's tail

The arrest warrant issued on charges of war crimes on August 15 by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Mahmoud [...]

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