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LIBYA

With no Haftar-Bachagha deal, Tripoli fighting continues

Following the failure of the humanitarian truce called for on March 18 by the United Nations to prevent the coronavirus (Covid-19) spreading in Libya, nothing seems likely to stop the fighting in Tripoli between Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA) [...] (629 words)
Issue dated 26/03/2020 Reading time 3 minutes
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Rescue vessels work at the site of the stuck container ship Ever Given on the Suez Canal, 28 March 2021. © Suez Canal Authority/MaxPPP/Newscom/MaxPPP
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EGYPT Business 20/10/2022

Damages paid to Suez Canal Authority by Ever Given's insurers kept secret 

In July 2021, four months after the blocking of the Suez Canal by the Ever Given, Egypt received damages after finally agreeing to set the container ship free. The authorities in Cairo preferred, however, not to reveal the heavily reduced amount of compensation paid. [...]
Congolese president Denis Sassou Nguesso and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the Libya summit in Berlin (January 2020). © Axel Schmidt/Reuters
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AFRICAN UNION LIBYA Diplomacy 18/08/2022

Sassou and African Union try to regain foothold in Libyan affairs 

As chairman of the AU's High Level Committee on Libya, the Congolese president has dispatched his foreign minister to the country to oversee mediation efforts. Meanwhile, the pan-African body is lobbying in New York to have one of its candidates chosen to head up the UN support mission. [...]
BOTSWANA Mining 14/03/2022

Mining Minister Lefoko Moagi looks to leave his mark on the Kimberley Process 

Taking advantage of its position as current chair of the Kimberley Process, the Botswana government wants to reinstate diamond certification control measures that fell into disuse during the pandemic. The objective is to ensure the longevity of the Kimberley Process brand, but also to be proactive in the leadership of the organisation, which could see its headquarters built in Gaborone. [...]
Botswana's Mining Minister Lefoko Moagi.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavusoglu was on a trip to Tripoli on 17 June, along with the head of the Turkish intelligence agency MIT, Hakan Fidan, as Ankara seeks to weigh in on the overhaul of Libyan intelligence. © Turkish Foreign Ministry/Handout via Reuters
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LIBYA Politics 02/07/2020

Behind-the-scenes battle in Tripoli for top intelligence job 

The coveted post of Tripoli intelligence chief is giving rise to a power struggle within the government as Turkey considers a major overhaul of the intelligence services. [...]

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