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LIBYA

Bachagha counting on powerful allies to help him evict Dabaiba

Former Libyan interior minister Fathi Bachagha was elected prime minister on 10 February 2022 by the Eastern House of Representatives. Eastern House of Representatives.
Former Libyan interior minister Fathi Bachagha was elected prime minister on 10 February 2022 by the Eastern House of Representatives. Eastern House of Representatives. © Hazem Ahmed/Reuters
Former interior minister Fathi Bachagha, whom the eastern House of Representatives elected as prime minister earlier this month, should find solid support in Tripoli to ensure the resignation of the incumbent Abdelhamid Dabaiba. Failing that, Libya could again end up with two rival executives. [...] (855 words)
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LIBYA Energy Business 25/04/2022

Oil blockade: how over-eager US shot itself in the foot 

In its hurry to get Libyan oil production on to a sure footing, the United States rushed through an arrangement intended to depoliticise management of the country's oil revenues. It forgot, however, about Khalifa Haftar, who responded by having two key oil fields shut down. [...]
US Ambassador to Libya Richard Norland (l) with the head of the Libyan Central Bank, Al Seddik Omar al-Kabir, January 2022.
US Ambassador to Libya Richard Norland (l) with the head of the Libyan Central Bank, Al Seddik Omar al-Kabir, January 2022. © Central Bank of Libya/Twitter
Fom left to right: Siddiq Al-Sour, Abdelhamid Dabaiba, Al Seddik Omar Al-Kabir and Najla Al Mangoush. On the right: Ali Mahmoud Hassan. © Gouvernement d'unité nationale/Facebook
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LIBYA Politics 04/02/2022

Dabaiba sticks behind LIA boss Ali Mahmoud Hassan despite Belgian arrest warrant  Free

With an international arrest warrant issued by a Belgian judge hanging over his head, the chairman of the Libyan sovereign wealth fund, Ali Mahmoud Hassan, can still count on the prime minister's support. Meanwhile, the Libyan attorney general Siddiq Al-Sour has promised to improve judicial cooperation with Brussels. [...]
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What really went on behind NOC boss Sanalla's pseudo sacking 

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From left to right: Libyan Minister of Hydrocarbons Mohamed Aoun, Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity (GNU) Abdelhamid Dabaiba and NOC boss Mustafa Sanalla.
From left to right: Libyan Minister of Hydrocarbons Mohamed Aoun, Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity (GNU) Abdelhamid Dabaiba and NOC boss Mustafa Sanalla. © Government of National Unity/Twitter

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