Abdulhamid Dbeibeh

Morocco
Aziz Akhannouch off to Beijing to talk future business

Moroccan Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch will head to Beijing for the China-Africa summit on 4 to 6 September.

Palace Intrigues
Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Macky Sall, Paul Kagame, Alassane Ouattara, Emmanuel Macron, Abdelhamid Dabaiba, Mahamat Idriss Déby

Intrigues big and small – every Thursday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

Gabon General Oligui Nguema has Bongo family fortune assessed

Senegal Sall's hush-hush trip to Paris

Rwanda Kagame taken by surprise as new UK government scraps asylum plan

Ivory Coast Ouattara calls Macron following dissolution of French parliament

Libya Déby and Dabaiba's men come to blows in Tripoli

Libya
PM Dabaiba to hold immigration forum

In the process, the Libyan prime minister is hoping to forge new international alliances.

Libya
Libyan embassy in Paris in state of flux

It has been in a state of limbo since the dismissal of ambassador Khaled Kagigi in April.

Libya
Lobbyist Mercury alerts Washington to National Oil Corporation's predicament

The US firm has warned of the constant political pressure undermining Libya's national oil company. Meanwhile, a Russian operator is planning to set up a refinery in the east of the country.

Libya
Libyan interior minister key to reopening Tunisia border crossing at Ras Jedir

Emad Trabelsi and his Tunisian counterpart Khaled Nouri visited the Ras Jedir coastal border crossing on 1 July, in a further bid to push for the reopening of the strategic crossing point between their two countries.

Libya
Rabat offers to broker Libyan talks after Arab League failure in Cairo

Morocco is hoping to bring key Libyan players back to the negotiating table in mid-July.

Libya
Next inter-Libyan summit to go ahead in Egypt

The heads of Libya's three main institutions will be meeting in Cairo in the next few days, under the auspices of the Arab League.

Libya
Rival Tripoli oil and gas ministers face off

The two officials have offices opposite each other on the same street.

Libya
Khalifa Haftar stops over in Paris

General Khalifa Haftar, head of the Libyan National Army (LNA), visited France in late April after a short tour of the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Jordan, three long-standing supporters of his cause.

Libya
Battle begins for control of Libya's High State Council

Those seeking a new Libyan government are trying to replace the council's president, Mohamed Takala, who refuses to back their plan.

Libya
Libyan ambassador in Paris carries can for antics of financial affairs attaché

Financial affairs attaché Ahmed H. M. Mohammed was involved in an altercation with the French police but the Libyan prime minister was not satisfied with the way the ambassador, Khaled Kagigi, dealt with the incident.