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Abdelhamid Dabaiba makes life difficult for Western envoys

Germany's special envoy for Libya, Christian Buck, was refused a visa by Abdelhamid Dabaiba's government in Tripoli. Other Western diplomats have been prevented from travelling to Misrata to meet Dabaiba's rival, Fathi Bachagha. [...] (314 words)

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Caroline Hurndall
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Libya special envoys to meet in Washington

US special envoy for Libya Richard Norland is to meet his French, Italian and German counterparts in Washington on 13 January. Abdoulaye Bathily, the head of the United Nations Mission in Libya, is also expected to attend.

LIBYA Politics Diplomacy 16/09/2022

Al-Thani back at centre of Libyan negotiations

At the urging of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the emir of Qatar is once again trying to facilitate reconciliation in Libya. He has proposed a power-sharing arrangement between Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba and the speaker of the eastern parliament Aguila Salah Issa, but the latter has yet to be convinced.

LIBYA Politics Diplomacy 30/07/2022

Secret talks in Dubai: after the NOC, Dabaiba willing to offer several key ministries to Haftar clan

Breaking published on 30/07/22, 9:00 - Determined to remain at the head of the executive, Abdelhamid Dabaiba is keen to get into General Khalifa Haftar's good books. Africa Intelligence can reveal how Haftar's son travelled to Dubai to negotiate with the Prime Minister's missi dominici for several key positions in a future reshuffled government.

Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba.

LIBYA Energy 29/07/2022

New NOC boss Bengdara courts Russia's Zarubezhneft via AGOCO

Russia's state-owned oil company has been invited to dispatch a delegation to Benghazi to visit the head office of AGOCO, the NOC subsidiary that operates the Sarir and Messla fields. This rapprochement, discreetly supported by Khalifa Haftar, is a source of great concern to Washington and other Western nations.

Farhat Bengdara, newly appointed as chairman of the Libyan state National Oil Corp (NOC).

LIBYA TUNISIA Diplomacy 11/05/2022

Mongi Hamdi enters race for UN Special Envoy seat in Libya

The former Tunisian foreign minister, who previously led the UN mission in Mali, has joined the list of candidates vying for the highly exposed role of UN special envoy to Libya. While he has yet to gain President Kais Saied's support, he has been backed by Algiers.

Mongi Hamdi, former Tunisian Minister of Foreign Affairs.

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.

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