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In Focus | Libya
Libya's agri-food tycoons position themselves to tackle crisis

As soaring food prices add to mounting social and economic pressures, just a handful of well-connected businessmen have found themselves in control of the agri-food sector so critical to the stability of the country. [...]
Published on 18.07.2022 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 6 minutes
The container port of Misrata, Libya.
The container port of Misrata, Libya. © Mahmud Turkia/AFP
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Inner circles | Libya
Central Bank of Libya at heart of battle between Dabaiba and Bachagha

With billions of dollars of oil revenues in its coffers, the politically powerful Central Bank of Libya has been presided over for a decade by the unbudgeable Al Seddik Omar Al Kabir. It recently began the process of reuniting with its breakaway branch in eastern Libya and found itself straight away in the middle of the tug-of-war between Abdelhamid Dabaiba and Fathi Bachagha for the premiership.

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The Governor of the Libyan Central Bank (LCB) Al Seddik Omar al-Kabir.

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