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Spotlight | Libya
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

The African Union has nixed the only candidate up for replacing Ghassan Salamé at the head of the UN mission. Interim chief Stephanie Williams' term expires on 3 November. [...]

Published on 15/10/2020 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Libya
ENI and NOC embark on extension of Bahr Essalam offshore superfield

Under pressure to find alternatives to Russian gas, Italy is seeking through ENI to bolster its Libyan offshore operations, which offer the major advantage of being relatively unaffected by the insecurity and political chaos reigning in the country.

Subscribers only Energy 05.05.2022

An oil and gas platform off the coast of Libya in the area of Bahr Essalam Gas Field and Bouri Oilfield.

Libya, Tunisia
Kais Saied demands Fathi Bashagha leave Tunis

The prime minister designate of the eastern Libyan parliament, who had made the Tunisian capital his base, has had to leave the country after being warned that he could not carry out his political activities there.

Free access Diplomacy 22.04.2022

Fathi Bachagha, the prime minister appointed by the Tobruk House of Representatives, during an interview with Reuters in Tunis, 30 March 2022.

Libya
Moscow and Washington clash over Stephanie Williams's succession

Russia is pushing for the departure of the UN's de facto representative in Libya, Stephanie Williams, while the United States wants her to stay. Among the names mooted to succeed her are a German diplomat and a former Ghanaian minister.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 21.02.2022

Stephanie Williams, UN Special Adviser on Libya, met with the Prime Minister of the Libyan government of national unity, Abdelhamid Dabaiba on 13 February.

Spotlight | Libya
Moscow prepares major Tripoli comeback

Russia, a long-time supporter of eastern strongman Khalifa Haftar, wants to clinch its rapprochement with the "transitional" authorities in Tripoli. The idea is to curtail US influence, get prepositioned in the oil game, and preserve military gains.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 09.02.2022

Libya
French entrepreneurs return to Tripoli with grand plans but little traction

The French employers' association Medef and the Franco-Libyan chamber of commerce are back in Libya and hope to organise an oil summit in Paris in February. But they are likely to have to wait a little longer for any major contracts.

Subscribers only Business 28.10.2021

A Medef International delegation was in Tripoli from 10 to 11 October 2021.

Libya
Turkey backs Nemroush as joint military commission wants it out

Ankara continues to influence the west of the country, despite the Joint Military Committee's little-appreciated request that the country withdraw its troops from Libyan territory. Turkey recently appointed former Libyan defence minister Salaheddine al-Nemroush as commander of a military zone where the main Turkish base is located.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 25.08.2021

Former Libyan Defense Minister Salaheddine al-Nemroush.

Libya, Morocco
Mohammed VI has plans for his own Libya forum in Bouznika

Morocco's foreign minister Nasser Bourita is banking on the stalled UN process and failure of the Berlin conference in June to take the lead on resolving the Libyan conflict. This would allow Rabat to kill two birds with one stone by overtaking its arch-rival Algeria and taunting its diplomatic foe Germany.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 16.07.2021

Spotlight | Libya
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.

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Libya
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.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 22.06.2021

Libya
Italy seeks to build bridges with el-Menfi 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 el-Menfi and Aguila Salah Issa, awaiting the arrival of its consul in Benghazi.

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The head of the Presidential Council of Libya, Mohamed el-Menfi.

Libya
NOC settles dispute with Alpine over Sanalla's armoured SUV

On May 14, all the charges filed in a Texas court in December 2020 were dropped after both parties reached an out-of-court settlement.

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Libya
Gaddafi's shadow hangs over Dabaiba's new government

Instead of the "technocratic" government he promised, Abdelhamid Dabaiba, a former businessman and political novice, has appointed a number of Gaddafi era figures to key ministerial posts.

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Libyan parliament approves Abdelhamid Dabaiba's unity government in Sitre.

Libya
NOC wants to recover $371,000 paid for Sanalla's armoured Chevy

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Subscribers only Energy, Business 10.02.2021

Libya
France consults its traditional allies in southern Libya

France, which has taken a back seat in the United Nations' conflict resolution process, has consulted two of its long-standing allies in southern Libya, Abdelmajid Saif al-Nasr and Musa Koni, even though they are less influential than they used to be.

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Libya
Aguila Salah Issa and Khaled Al Mishri use referendum to stymie United Nations' power handover

By reviving efforts to stage a referendum on constitutional reform, the heads of the Tobruk House of Representatives and the High Council of State are trying to keep control of the crisis exit process even if it means undermining plans to hold elections at the end of 2021.

Free access Politics 26.01.2021

Libya
Fayez Sarraj lines up Tripoli's militias against Bachagha

Following the example of Rada, the Ghneiwa militia has now accepted the authority of Fayez Sarraj's Presidential Council. This brings the prime minister a step closer to gaining control of the Tripoli government's security system, which is normally answerable to the Ministry of the Interior, and, by the same token, to thwarting the ambitions of Misrati interior minister Fathi Bachagha.

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Libya
Giuseppe Conte back at forefront of Libya peace talks

With the appointment of a special envoy in Libya and the choice of an Italian to oversee the EU border assistance mission, Italy is making the most of the US transition haiatus.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 19.01.2021

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and Khalifa Haftar in Rome in May 2019.

Libya
'Haftar's pilot' Riccardo Mortara still in business in Benghazi

Italian-Swiss businessman Riccardo Mortara continues to strengthen his fleet of private jets based in Benghazi whose passengers include Khalifa Haftar and his close entourage.

Subscribers only Business 14.01.2021

Libya
Fathi Bachagha takes on role of go-between between Tripoli and Cairo

Government of National Accord foreign minister Mohamed Siala is to travel to Cairo in the next few weeks as part of the thaw in diplomatic relations with the Al-Sisi government begun by interior minister Fathi Bachagha.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 14.01.2021

Libyan Interior Minister Fathi Bachagha.

Libya
As Guterres is left in the lurch, Stephanie Williams to remain acting UNSMIL chief for a little longer

It's back to square one for the UN Secretary-General António Guterres in his search for a special envoy to Libya after Nickolay Mladenov pulled out at the last minute.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 05.01.2021

Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Stephanie Williams.

Libya
Odds against Central Bank governor Al Kabir as board meeting looms

In the battle for control of the country's oil money, Prime Minister Sarraj could succeed in having the Central Bank of Libya board dismiss its governor Al Seddik Omar Al Kabir.

Subscribers only Politics 09.12.2020

The governor of the Libyan Central Bank Al Seddik Omar Al Kabir, has remained in office sincehis term expired in 2014.

Libya
As UN bides for time, Haftar and Sarraj prepare for clash in Fezzan

The historic southern Libyan region could become the next battleground between the Tripoli forces and Khalifa Kaftar's army while talks drag on.

Subscribers only Politics 01.12.2020

Libya
Libyan Foreign Bank: to stay in power, Sarraj wrests LFB back from Central bank boss al-Kabir

Fayez Sarraj hopes to use the lack of any political agreement on Libya's future to keep his job. He is seeking to shore up his position by bringing national financial institutions under his sway, with the help of National Oil Corp boss Mustafa Sanalla.

Free access Politics 27.11.2020

Libya
With no accord in Tunis, Stephanie Williams to discuss demobilising militias in Turkey

Representatives from UNSMIL, including mission head Stephanie Williams, and the GNC are set to talk about security at a conference organised by a pro-Ergodan think-tank.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 19.11.2020

Libya
Interior Minister Fathi Bachagha combines diplomacy with tactics in Paris

Breaking news published 17 November at 12.20 p.m. - Misrati heavyweight Fathi Bachagha is scheduled to go to France as Libya's minister of the interior. He is to meet in Paris with his French homologue Gérald Darmanin.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 17.11.2020

Libya
Tutaré replaces Janus Global Operations in Tripoli and Benghazi

Former Janus country manager Paul Scott has taken over the firm's activities in Libya, using his own firm, Tutaré Risk Management.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 17.11.2020

Libya
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.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 09.11.2020

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

Libya
Stephanie Williams to host latest round of Libyan peace talks at Four Seasons in Tunis

The five-star hotel owned by the businessman Marouane Mabrouk has been chosen as the venue for the latest round of Libyan negotiations, which will once again be overseen by the American diplomat Stephanie Williams.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 06.11.2020

The 5-star Four Seasons hotel in Tunis will host a new round of Libyan negotiations on 9 November.

Spotlight | Libya
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.

Subscribers only Politics 29.10.2020

Libya
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.

Subscribers only Business 20.10.2020

Libya
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.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.09.2020

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

Spotlight | Libya
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.

Subscribers only Politics 10.09.2020

Libya
Washington keen to keep control of UNSMIL

The United States is working behind the scenes to set up a dual leadership of the UN's mission in Libya and, as one of many players in a complex game of three-dimensional chess, to maintain US national Stephanie Williams in place.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 06.07.2020

Spotlight | 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) [.

Subscribers only Politics 26.03.2020

Libya
Three candidates to replace Ghassan Salamé

Even as shells continue to rain down on Tripoli, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is due to appoint a new [...]

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Libya
Paris wants to bring Fathi Bachagha and Khalifa Haftar closer

Libyan Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha is scheduled to visit Paris from March 16 to 18. The Misrati official will be [...]

Subscribers only Politics 12.03.2020

Spotlight | Libya
Fathi Bachagha and the Misratis prepare for a Khalifa Haftar victory

The advances made by General Khalifa Haftar's forces on the Tripoli front have made the Misrati faction in Fayez Sarraj's government of national accord (GNA) nervous. Misrati businessmen, politicians and military commanders have started to drop their allies in the [.

Subscribers only Politics 28.11.2019

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Spotlight | Libya
UNSMIL set to launch Tunis peace talks with no leader

Libya
ENI and NOC embark on extension of Bahr Essalam offshore superfield

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Libya
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Spotlight | Libya
Moscow prepares major Tripoli comeback

Libya
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Turkey backs Nemroush as joint military commission wants it out

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Mohammed VI has plans for his own Libya forum in Bouznika

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One billion dollars keeps Ali Mahmoud Hassan at LIA helm

Libya
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Libya
Italy seeks to build bridges with el-Menfi ahead of second Berlin conference

Libya
NOC settles dispute with Alpine over Sanalla's armoured SUV

Libya
Gaddafi's shadow hangs over Dabaiba's new government

Libya
NOC wants to recover $371,000 paid for Sanalla's armoured Chevy

Libya
France consults its traditional allies in southern Libya

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