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Libya
Turkey makes overtures to southern Libya tribes

Fezzan has become a major key to the Libyan conflict and Turkey, via an NGO, is trying to make contact with the tribes that control the southern region.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 25.11.2020

Libya
Libya rocks arbitration world after convincing French court to cancel $452m Sorelec award

On November 17, the Paris Appeal Court overturned a arbitration ruling ordering Libya to pay €452m to French company Sorelec. In so doing, it has got Fayez Sarrez's government in Tripoli out of a hole...

Subscribers only Business 24.11.2020

Libya
Italy refuses to let up as Turkey continues offensive

Italy would like to work with the Libyan government to revive contracts run by Italian firms and keep control of border and migration management.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 20.11.2020

Libya
With no accord in Tunis, Stephanie Williams to discuss demobilising militias in Turkey

Representatives from UNSMIL, including mission head Stephanie Williams, and the GNC are set to talk about security at a conference organised by a pro-Ergodan think-tank.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 19.11.2020

Libya
Interior Minister Fathi Bachagha combines diplomacy with tactics in Paris

Breaking news published 17 November at 12.20 p.m. - Misrati heavyweight Fathi Bachagha is scheduled to go to France as Libya's minister of the interior. He is to meet in Paris with his French homologue Gérald Darmanin.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 17.11.2020

Spotlight | Libya
Far from the gilded conclave in Tunis, Sarraj and Haftar negotiate the ceasefire nuts and bolts in Sirte

Armed forces from the west and east of Libya are due to set out the modalities of the permanent ceasefire agreed in Geneva on 23 October. But the devil is in the details and neither side is keen to withdraw from the Sirte-Jufra axis.

Subscribers only Politics 12.11.2020

Libya
TAV gets no support from Turkey in its confrontation with Libyan authorities

Last summer, TAV Airports attempted to seize on €15bn in frozen Libyan funds at Euroclear Bank in Belgium. The attempt failed and Erdogan is doing nothing to help.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 10.11.2020

Libya
Al Kabir places his men at head of Libyan Foreign Bank to keep eye on petrodollars

The Central Bank of Libya governor has positioned his strongmen on the provisional board of the LFB, which handles all of NOC's petrodollars, as part of his power struggle against Prime Minister Fayez Sarraj.

Subscribers only Business 26.10.2020

The governor of the Libyan central bank, Al Seddik Omar Al Kabir.

Libya
San Marino Executive Aviation, the new pillar of Istanbul-Misrata airlift

The small private Turkish airliner domiciled in Saint-Marin is picking up cargo traffic to Libya.

Subscribers only Business 21.10.2020

Africa, France, Russia
Freelance diplomat Ollivier visits Moscow and six African presidents in whistle-stop tour

After a failed attempt at mediation in Libya, French businessman-cum-freelance diplomat Jean-Yves Ollivier got back in the saddle with a grand African tour.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 15.10.2020

The businessman Jean-Yves Ollivier, the head of the Brazzaville Foundation.

Libya, Turkey
Erdogan holds Turkish-Libyan trade forum amid power cuts in Tripoli

The DEIK-sponsored trade fair to be held in mid-October in Istanbul will open up opportunities for Turkish companies to shore up the government of Fayez Sarraj, with the restoration of the electricity supply in the capital being a particular priority.

Subscribers only Business 09.10.2020

In Libya, many cities, such as the capital Tripoli, suffer from long power cuts.

Libya
Nawasi militia leader Mustafa Gadur moves back to centre stage in Tripoli

The decline in the influence of interior minister Fathi Bachagha is good news for Mustafa Gadur, the leader of Tripoli's most powerful militia who has been calling for months for Bachagha to be dismissed.

Subscribers only Politics 23.09.2020

Libya
How Macron derailed UNSMIL head Stephanie Williams' peace plan

France's attempt to organise a meeting meeting between Fayez Sarraj, Khalifa Haftar and Aguila Salah Issa provoked a wave of protests in Tripoli. Its intervention has disrupted the crisis exit negotiations led by the United States and the United Nations.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.09.2020

French president Emmanuel Macron tried to organise a mini-summit on the Libyan crisis on 17 September in Paris.

Libya
Why the EU wants to remove Aguila Salah Issa from sanctions list

In its efforts to influence negotiations to end the crisis in Libya, the European Union is hoping for support from the speaker of the eastern-based parliament, despite having slapped sanctions on him in 2016.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 16.09.2020

Aguila Salah Issa, speaker of the eastern-based parliament.

Libya
Macron makes changes to handlers of Libyan crisis

The French president has moved Paul Soler, his erstwhile main advisor on Libyan affairs, to Jordan, giving more control to diplomatic advisor Patrick Durel.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 11.09.2020

Spotlight | Libya
Erdogan gives Sarraj a boost, as talks with Mohammed VI drag

A meeting of representatives of eastern and western Libya, hosted by Mohammed VI in Morocco on 6 and 7 September, failed to reach an agreement on how to replace the Government of National Accord, whom Turkey has pledged to save with military aide.

Subscribers only Politics 10.09.2020

Libya
Zintan chief Oussama Al-Jouili woos Paris and Washington

Despite his role in expelling Khalifa Haftar's forces from Tripoli, the Government of National Accord western Libya commander is politically marginalized in the capital.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 07.09.2020

Libya
New French military attaché Thomas Billard to mediate with Tripoli

Following a posting in Tunis, the new French defence attaché Thomas Billard will now have to restore good relations with Fayez Sarraj's Government of National Accord. He comes from the same intelligence unit as Emmanuel Macron's former Libyan adviser, Paul Soler, whom he knows well.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 01.09.2020

Libya
Sarraj-Bashagha split driven by US-Turkey spat over ceasefire

The ceasefire announced by Prime Minister Fayez Sarraj has prompted a break with his interior minister, Fathi Bashagha, who was sacked on 28 August. Sarraj enjoys the support of Washington, while Bachagha - the guarantor of Misrata's interests - seems to have won the backing of Anakra.

Subscribers only Politics 31.08.2020

The head of the Libyan Presidential Council Fayez Sarraj.

Egypt, Libya
Sisi's support for Khalifa Haftar wavers

Fearful of a direct military confrontation with Turkey, Egypt is tempering its support for its Libyan ally and may opt to back the speaker of parliament Aguila Salah Issa.

Free access Diplomacy 28.08.2020

Khalifa Haftar and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in December 2019.

DRC
Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

Fayez Sarraj

Libya
Turkey makes overtures to southern Libya tribes

Libya
Libya rocks arbitration world after convincing French court to cancel $452m Sorelec award

Libya
Italy refuses to let up as Turkey continues offensive

Libya
With no accord in Tunis, Stephanie Williams to discuss demobilising militias in Turkey

Libya
Interior Minister Fathi Bachagha combines diplomacy with tactics in Paris

Spotlight | Libya
Far from the gilded conclave in Tunis, Sarraj and Haftar negotiate the ceasefire nuts and bolts in Sirte

Libya
TAV gets no support from Turkey in its confrontation with Libyan authorities

Libya
Al Kabir places his men at head of Libyan Foreign Bank to keep eye on petrodollars

Libya
San Marino Executive Aviation, the new pillar of Istanbul-Misrata airlift

Africa, France, Russia
Freelance diplomat Ollivier visits Moscow and six African presidents in whistle-stop tour

Libya, Turkey
Erdogan holds Turkish-Libyan trade forum amid power cuts in Tripoli

Libya
Nawasi militia leader Mustafa Gadur moves back to centre stage in Tripoli

Libya
How Macron derailed UNSMIL head Stephanie Williams' peace plan

Libya
Why the EU wants to remove Aguila Salah Issa from sanctions list

Libya
Macron makes changes to handlers of Libyan crisis

Spotlight | Libya
Erdogan gives Sarraj a boost, as talks with Mohammed VI drag

Libya
Zintan chief Oussama Al-Jouili woos Paris and Washington

Libya
New French military attaché Thomas Billard to mediate with Tripoli

Libya
Sarraj-Bashagha split driven by US-Turkey spat over ceasefire

Egypt, Libya
Sisi's support for Khalifa Haftar wavers

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Libya Turkey makes overtures to southern Libya tribes

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Spotlight | Libya Far from the gilded conclave in Tunis, Sarraj and Haftar negotiate the ceasefire nuts and bolts in Sirte

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Libya Al Kabir places his men at head of Libyan Foreign Bank to keep eye on petrodollars

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Africa, France, Russia Freelance diplomat Ollivier visits Moscow and six African presidents in whistle-stop tour

Libya, Turkey Erdogan holds Turkish-Libyan trade forum amid power cuts in Tripoli

Libya Nawasi militia leader Mustafa Gadur moves back to centre stage in Tripoli

Libya How Macron derailed UNSMIL head Stephanie Williams' peace plan

Libya Why the EU wants to remove Aguila Salah Issa from sanctions list

Libya Macron makes changes to handlers of Libyan crisis

Spotlight | Libya Erdogan gives Sarraj a boost, as talks with Mohammed VI drag

Libya Zintan chief Oussama Al-Jouili woos Paris and Washington

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Libya Sarraj-Bashagha split driven by US-Turkey spat over ceasefire

Egypt, Libya Sisi's support for Khalifa Haftar wavers

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DRC
Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

Libya
Turkey makes overtures to southern Libya tribes

Libya
Libya rocks arbitration world after convincing French court to cancel $452m Sorelec award

Libya
Italy refuses to let up as Turkey continues offensive

Libya
With no accord in Tunis, Stephanie Williams to discuss demobilising militias in Turkey

Libya
Interior Minister Fathi Bachagha combines diplomacy with tactics in Paris

Spotlight | Libya
Far from the gilded conclave in Tunis, Sarraj and Haftar negotiate the ceasefire nuts and bolts in Sirte

Libya
TAV gets no support from Turkey in its confrontation with Libyan authorities

Libya
Al Kabir places his men at head of Libyan Foreign Bank to keep eye on petrodollars

Libya
San Marino Executive Aviation, the new pillar of Istanbul-Misrata airlift

Africa, France, Russia
Freelance diplomat Ollivier visits Moscow and six African presidents in whistle-stop tour

Libya, Turkey
Erdogan holds Turkish-Libyan trade forum amid power cuts in Tripoli

Libya
Nawasi militia leader Mustafa Gadur moves back to centre stage in Tripoli

Libya
How Macron derailed UNSMIL head Stephanie Williams' peace plan

Libya
Why the EU wants to remove Aguila Salah Issa from sanctions list

Libya
Macron makes changes to handlers of Libyan crisis

Spotlight | Libya
Erdogan gives Sarraj a boost, as talks with Mohammed VI drag

Libya
Zintan chief Oussama Al-Jouili woos Paris and Washington

Libya
New French military attaché Thomas Billard to mediate with Tripoli

Libya
Sarraj-Bashagha split driven by US-Turkey spat over ceasefire

Egypt, Libya
Sisi's support for Khalifa Haftar wavers