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Tripoli wants to trade for end of Russian support to Haftar

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Security, Moscow's way into Africa

Russia's influence on the continent is spreading in step with rising instability in many African countries and tensions between France and many of its former colonies. This trend is bolstered by the presence of the Russian private military contractor Wagner Group close to Vladimir Putin. Its mercenaries have intervened in Libya and Mozambique and are now offering their services in West and Central Africa. Driven by the Kremlin, Russia's security breakthrough in Africa is also backed by the defence ministry, serving Moscow's geopolitical interests, and paving the way for Russia to move into other fields on the continent.

Fayez Sarraj's Government of National Accord is trying to play the economic card to have General Khalifa Haftar's foreign backers make a full retreat. [...] (593 words)

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LIBYA
Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi
Ahmed Miitig
Central Bank of Libya
Gaddafi
Government of National Accord
Goznak
Khalifa Haftar
Libyan National Army
Maxim Shugaley
Mike Pompeo
Mohamed Taher Siala
Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Samer Sueifan
Sergey Lavrov
UNSMIL
Wagner

Sergey Lavrov gears up for 2022 Russia-Africa summit

The foreign minister Sergey Lavrov is planning to invite two of his west African counterparts to Moscow to discuss the forthcoming Russia-Africa summit later this month.

LIBYA SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE Business 16/12/2020

Gaddafi's LAAICO African assets prosper far from Libyan treasury's reach

With all of its attention taken up by the war against Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army, Fayez Sarraj's Government of National Accord is struggling to profit from the many African projects launched by Muammar Gaddafi's money man Bashir Saleh.

LIBYA Diplomacy 09/11/2020

UN prepares for war crimes investigation

Established in June and led by Morocco's Mohamed Aujjar, the UN's international Fact-Finding Mission to Libya will investigate war crimes committed since 2016, not least those allegedly committed by Khalifa Haftar's forces.

The Fact-Finding Mission in Libya (FFML) should in particular investigate the mass graves discovered in Tarhouna.

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LIBYA Politics 29/10/2020

Haftar and Misrata still hold key to resolution of conflict following ceasefire

UNSMIL has succeeded in getting new crisis exit negotiations under way on the back of the ceasefire negotiated between eastern strong man Haftar and the city of Misrata. The question of how to demilitarise Syrte and Jufra axis has still to be resolved, however.

ALGERIA Defence Diplomacy 30/09/2020

US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper on anti-Russian trip to Algiers this week

During US Secretary of State Mark Esper's visit to Algiers on 1 October discussions will focus on the situation in Libya, where Washington wants to prevent Moscow from establishing military bases.

LIBYA 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.

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

The Sharara oil field, near the town of Ubar. Wagner has a detachment located three kilometers away from this strategic production asset, held by militias that have pledged allegiance to Haftar. © REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny

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LIBYA RUSSIA Defence Diplomacy 20/08/2020

Russian paramilitary group Wagner expands southern Libyan presence

Since the beginning of July, Wagner Group personnel have been beefing up Russia's presence in southwestern Libya, a few kilometres from oil fields held by militias affiliated with General Khalifa Haftar.

LIBYA Diplomacy 20/07/2020

Airport, coastguard, oil: Giuseppe Conte tries to survive Erdogan's onslaught

To preserve its economic and security interests in Libya against Ankara, Rome is trying to get closer to Fayez Sarraj's government in Tripoli.

LIBYA Diplomacy 16/07/2020

Eastern parliament speaker Aguila Salah Issa seeks friends in Paris

The speaker of the Tobruk-based Libyan House of Representatives wants to end his European tour with a visit to France but is struggling to find anyone willing to meet him.

President of the Libyan House of Representatives Aguila Salah Issa in Moscow, Russia, 3 July.

LIBYA Defence Diplomacy 09/06/2020

Haftar's army abandons equipment received from UAE after Tripoli routing

The Libyan National Army has been forced to leave behind several hundred tonnes of equipment delivered by air bridge by the United Arab Emirates.

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LIBYA Defence Business 08/06/2020

Turkish military company Sadat turns Erdogan-Sarraj alliance into business opportunity

Turkish paramilitary company Sadat, headed by former Turkish general Adnan Tanriverdi, has set up a partnership with Fawzi Boukatif-led Libyan company Security Side to train the forces fighting for Fayez Sarraj's Government of National Accord.

LIBYA Politics 03/06/2020

Fayez Sarraj willing to pay for backup in Fezzan

Territorial gains made by forces loyal to Tripoli have opened up a new path for the Government of National Accord, which has been trying to win back alliances in Fezzan. The stakes are high in the southwest region, whose oilfields are key to the country's economy.

LIBYA Politics 27/05/2020

Erdogan sets up air bridge to Tripoli and Misrata to counter Haftar

Turkey is further strengthening its military presence in Libya, where it supports the government led by Fayez Sarraj in Tripoli against Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA).

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Goznak
Khalifa Haftar
Libyan National Army
Maxim Shugaley
Mike Pompeo
Mohamed Taher Siala
Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Samer Sueifan
Sergey Lavrov
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Haftar's army abandons equipment received from UAE after Tripoli routing

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