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Bachagha enrols DCAF for security reforms

The interior minister Fathi Bachagha has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance with a view to reforming Libya's institutions. The country's oil facilities are at the heart of the political and geopolitical issues at stake in the conflict. [...] (720 words)

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Ukroboronservice beats off Western giants to land Tripoli mine clearance contract

The United Nations has chosen Ukrainian state-owned company Ukroboronservice to make the outskirts of Tripoli safe [...]

Breaking newsLIBYA 12/01/2021

Aguila Salah Issa tries to get back into the game in Paris after Bachagha goes it alone

Breaking news published on 12/01/21, 10.30 a.m. - Following the failure of his alliance with interior minister Fathi Bachagha, the head of the eastern Libyan parliament, Aguila Salah Issa, aims to rebuild his diplomatic support, starting in France. [...]

Libyan House of Representatives president, Aguila Salah Issa.

LIBYA Politics 27/11/2020

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

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. [...]

LIBYA Diplomacy 19/11/2020

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. [...]

Breaking newsLIBYA 17/11/2020

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. [...]

LIBYA Politics 31/08/2020

Sarraj-Bashagha 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 Bashagha, 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. [...]

The head of the Libyan Presidential Council Fayez Sarraj.

LIBYA Business 16/07/2020

Why Bachagha opted for BMW

Fathi Bachagha's 'protocol police' kitted out with brand new Beemers [...]

LIBYA Business 14/07/2020

Interior Minister Fathi Bachagha buys himself a $2m official plane

The powerful minister from Misrata has used state funds to buy himself a work plane. This puts him in the same league - almost - as Prime Minister Fayez Sarraj and his rival, Khalifa Haftar. [...]

LIBYA Defence Politics 13/07/2020

Jones Group hopes to train Tripoli's troops under Erdogan's shadow

As Turkey takes on the job of restructuring the armed forces of Libya's Government of National Accord, US security consultancy Jones Group International is dreaming of a return to Tripoli. But it will have to work through Ankara to get any contracts. [...]

LIBYA Politics 14/05/2020

Interior Minister Fathi Bachagha purges security services

Far from the front lines, Interior Minister Fathi Bachagha has begun to shake up the security apparatus. But he is clashing with the Muslim Brotherhood, who want Khaled Al Sharif to succeed former spy chief Abdulkader al-Tuhami, who died on 9 May. [...]

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LIBYA Politics 06/02/2020

Jones Group draws up Sarraj's militia withdrawal plan

Mercenaires? American agents? The arrival of a group of Americans in Tripoli in a Libyan Airlines jet on February 2 provoked wild speculation. In fact, the delegation was from security consulting company Jones Group International (JGI), which is helping government [. [...]

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