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Libya
How Khalifa Haftar and Abdelhamid Dabaiba sacrificed NOC boss

Khalifa Haftar (left) and GNU Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba. © Abdullah Doma/Mahmud Turkia/AFP

Farhat Omar Bengdara's replacement by one of his lieutenants, Masoud Suleiman Musa, enables Libya's two strongmen to maintain their shared control of the National Oil Corporation. [...]

Published on 24/01/2025 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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