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Dabaiba clan tightens grip on oil ministry

Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba in Tripoli on 28 January 2023. — Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba in Tripoli on 28 January 2023. © Hazem Turkia/Anadolu

The replacement of Libya's oil minister Mohamed Aoun by Khalifa Rajab Abdulsadek bears the stamp of Ibrahim Ali Dabaiba, the prime minister's relative and right-hand man. [...]

Published on 01/04/2024 at 04:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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