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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. [...]

Published on 22.06.2021 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Tripoli 'stabilisation' summit paves the way for postponing elections

The Libya Stabilisation Initiative meeting organised by Tripoli to get the crisis-recovery process back on track could lead elections slated for 24 December to be put off. Foreign minister Najla al-Mangoush is under pressure from prime minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba, who is in favour of such a postponement.

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Libyan Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangoush

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Dabaiba pressures Mangoush and Menfi into accepting election postponement

Libya's representatives at the 76th General Assembly of the United Nations have been instructed to refrain from any mention of elections on 24 December. Najla al-Mangoush and Mohamed el-Menfi, both of whom until now had been favourable to the holding of these elections, have fallen into line behind PM Abdelhamid Dabaiba.

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Guterres lobbies for the UN to take charge of militias' disarmament

The United Nations is seeking to take direct control of the disarmament of militias and the withdrawal of foreign forces away from the Libyan transitional government. Meanwhile the country's legislative and presidential elections scheduled for December 24 this year look more undermined than ever.

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Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres.

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Chief of staff Mohamed Al Haddad heads to Moscow

Libyan army chief of staff Mohamed Al Haddad is due to travel to Moscow on 10 July 10 for a five-day visit.

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UNSMIL chief Jan Kubis seeks security affairs deputy

The UN mission's new number two will oversee the disarmament and reintegration of militia forces as well as security sector reform, two crucial processes that for now are going nowhere.

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How Haftar resurrected his three Super Pumas

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Libyan National Army Super Puma helicopters during the parade on 28 May 2021.

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After Berlin and London, Dabaiba expected in Rabat on 27 June

After a trip to London on 25 June and an afternoon meeting with his British counterpart Boris Johnson, the Libyan prime minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba will fly to Rabat for his first official visit there since taking up his post in March.

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Dabaiba takes asset hunt under his wing - to protect family

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Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba.

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Haftar dreams of presidency while son Saddam longs to lead the army

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The Commander of the Libyan National Army, Khalifa Haftar.

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Dabaiba and Haftar focus on Fezzan post-Déby

Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba and Presidential Council Vice-President Musa Koni are competing to control Libya's far south after the FACT rebel attack and the death of Chadian President Idriss Déby. The PM is pro-Turkish, while Koni is close to Khalifa Haftar.

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UNSMIL set to launch Tunis peace talks with no leader

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Fathi Bachagha and the Misratis prepare for a Khalifa Haftar victory

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Libya
Dabaiba and Haftar approach second round of Berlin peace summit with very different agendas

Libya
Ankara moves to prevent UN from hampering its Libyan offshore ambitions

Libya
Dabaiba set to stay on despite Aguila Saleh's objections

Libya
Pro- and anti-Haftar supporters united in opposition to Stephanie Williams' return

Libya
Washington seeks new sanctions to save elections

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Tripoli 'stabilisation' summit paves the way for postponing elections

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Dabaiba pressures Mangoush and Menfi into accepting election postponement

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Guterres lobbies for the UN to take charge of militias' disarmament

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Chief of staff Mohamed Al Haddad heads to Moscow

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UNSMIL chief Jan Kubis seeks security affairs deputy

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Haftar dreams of presidency while son Saddam longs to lead the army

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Dabaiba and Haftar focus on Fezzan post-Déby

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