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Erdogan sets out to conquer Africa

Keen to reassert Turkey's international status, and also to help Turkish companies to break into the African market, the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been spearheading a major diplomatic and business drive in Africa. To achieve its goals, the Turkish government is counting on the assistance of its religious networks. [...]

Former Libyan Defense Minister Salaheddine al-Nemroush. © Hussein Eddeb/Alay Live News/Alamy

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. [...]

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Abdullah al-Lafi
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Hulusi Akar
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Khalifa Haftar
Libyan National Army
Mohammed al-Haddad
Osama Al-Jouili
Salaheddine al-Nemroush
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Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres.

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Misrata Free Zone signs multiple port management agreements, most recently with Yildirim

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Foreign Minister Mangoush under fire from Ankara and Muslim Brotherhood

After talks with Egypt broke down, Turkey is hardening its position and refuses to pull its troops out of Eastern Libya as requested by Foreign Minister Najla Al Mangoush, who is under attack from Muslim Brotherhood associates.

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Libyan Foreign Minister Najla Al Mangoush.

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General Khalifa Haftar, head of the Libyan National Army.

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Turkey backs Nemroush as joint military commission wants it out

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

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Misrata Free Zone signs multiple port management agreements, most recently with Yildirim

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