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Libya

Central bank governor faces criticism over financial crisis

Naji Issa is in a precarious position at the head of the crisis-struck Central Bank of Libya, with parliamentary speaker Aguila Saleh Issa making moves for his removal.

Free access Finance 23.10.2025

Initiative launched at UN to penalise those who mismanaged frozen Libyan assets

A Libyan committee recognised by the House of Representatives has asked the United Nations to audit funds frozen abroad since 2011. It accuses several countries, including Belgium, of mismanagement of these assets and calls for the establishment of a mechanism to preserve them.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 17.10.2025

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Erik Prince leads offensive on Libyan market

Erik Prince at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, 22 February 2025 © Laura Brett/SipaUSA / Reuters

Subscribers only Defence, Energy 13.10.2025

The fate of the CCMSR armed group, a thorny subject for Haftar clan

While the United Nations is calling for foreign troops to leave Libya, the former's negotiations with the political-military group allied with the Haftar clan in Libya are making slow progress.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 02.10.2025

Inner circles
Hassan Bouzriba, new strongman with connections in both Tripoli and Benghazi

The head of the Stability Support Apparatus, Hassan Bouzriba, in Tripoli, July 2025. © Facebook/Stability Support Apparatus

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 26.09.2025

The two factions go into battle over NOC chair

The two main clans controlling Libya, led by Ibrahim Dbeibeh and Saddam Haftar, are each pushing their respective candidates for chair of the national oil company.

Subscribers only Energy 25.09.2025

The Libyan consul in Marseille woos French investors

The new Libyan consul, Mohamed Hamuda, is organising a business networking meeting on 25 September in Marseille, France.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 22.09.2025

Head of Turkish intelligence instigates agreement between Dbeibeh and his rivals

A regular visitor to Tripoli, Turkish intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin has been working to secure an agreement between the prime minister and the Rada forces. This arrangement strengthens Turkey's role and influence in the country.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.09.2025

Turkish Petroleum joins NOC mega project left in limbo due to Debeibeh

The future joint venture to exploit the NC7 gas block that comprises Turkish Petroleum, TotalEnergies, ENI and Adnoc is still awaiting approval from the PM, who is in an increasingly precarious position.

Subscribers only Energy 12.09.2025

In Tripoli, beleaguered Rada militia moves closer to Khalifa Haftar

Militias allied to the prime minister of the GNU are preparing to go on the offensive against Rada, which refuses to give up its positions in the capital. The head of the Libyan National Army could seize the opportunity to oust Abdelhamid Dabaiba from power.

Subscribers only Politics 04.09.2025

A man holds a picture of Khalifa Haftar in Benghazi, Libya, 24 December 2022.

Rehabilitated junior Arkenu Oil affirms its ambitions

Under the dual protection of the Haftar and Debeibah clans, private firm Arkenu Oil is seeking to secure new contracts, while the financial enquiry targeting it has been closed.

Subscribers only Energy 26.08.2025

British companies looking to forge ahead with construction contracts

Politician Daniel Kawczynski has created an association to help restore economic relations between the UK and Libya. The new structure competes with the well-established Libyan British Business Council.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 22.08.2025

Belkacem Haftar (centre), head of the Reconstruction of Libya Fund, with his team at a 20,000-home building project, Benghazi, on 18 May 2025.

Dabaiba turns again to US lobbyist Mercury Public Affairs for White House access

The Libyan PM has awarded a new contract worth €70,000 per month to the American firm to lobby the Trump administration on his behalf.

Subscribers only Energy, Diplomacy 19.08.2025

The NOC negociates its budget with the central bank amidst payment difficulties

With the national oil company unable to pay its partners, its president is urging Naji Issa to unblock funding.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 01.08.2025

Pro-Dbeibah media hires lobbyist close to the American president

Lobbyist Ches McDowell's firm is poised to leverage its White House connections in support of US-Libya trade relations on behalf of under-the-radar Turkey-based production company AMS Art Media Production.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 31.07.2025

Greek MEPs lobby for sanctions over maritime zones

Greek MEPs are leading a revolt to have European authorities impose sanctions on Libya, amid EU fears that Turkey will expand its maritime zone in the eastern Mediterranean through an agreement with eastern Libyan leader Khalifa Haftar.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 24.07.2025

NOC refinery project stalled in the south

The construction of a refinery in Fezzan has been interrupted due to disagreements over budget projections. NOC subsidiary Zallaf Libya Oil & Gas Co, which is managing the project, has also encountered problems with its subcontractor Petrofac.

Subscribers only Energy 21.07.2025

Osama al-Juwaili tightens the noose around GUN forces

Osama al-Juwaili's taking of Ghadames is increasing the pressure on the forces affiliated to GUN Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah. Movements of hostile militias have intensified over recent days.

Subscribers only Energy 17.07.2025

US operator Berry Aviation patrols Libyan airspace

One of the company's aircraft regularly flies between the western coastal city of Misrata and the eastern capital, Benghazi.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 16.07.2025

UN mission seeks way out for Abdelhamid Dabaiba

UNSMIL chief Hanna Tetteh is behind schedule on her new roadmap for steering Libya out of its impasse. However, she is counting on an upcoming Security Council meeting to make her move.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 11.07.2025

National Development Agency seeks foreign investors for Cyrenaica

Mahmoud Al-Farjani, executive director of the NDA, which is part of Khalifa Haftar's LNA, meets with leading Qatari investors and a British lord to support major projects in eastern Libya.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 07.07.2025

Khalifa Haftar's arrest of Toubou leader inflames crisis in Fezzan

To undermine all attempts to rally South Libyan forces to the government in Tripoli, General Khalifa Haftar has had military leader Hassan Moussa Keley arrested. But the move is creating new divisions with the Toubous.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 03.07.2025

Rada militia revives coalition of pro-Haftar forces in Tripoli

Al-Radaa for Countering Terrorism and Organized Crime has renewed alliances with the armed groups run out of Tripoli in 2022 during Fathi Bashagha's failed coup, supported at the time by the authorities in the east.

Subscribers only Defence 26.06.2025

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Dabaiba turns to Azerbaijan in search of attack drones

In Misrata, Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba's joint force has established contact with the Azerbaijan Defence Ministry to acquire offensive aircraft. The head of the Government of National Unity may be preparing an operation against hostile militias in Tripoli.

Subscribers only Defence 25.06.2025

Libyan army's 444th brigade in Tripoli, June 2022.

How murdered Ghneiwa militia leader made Libya's oil fleet his own

The national oil tanker company had been taken over by Abdelghani al-Kikli. Before his murder last month, he had made changes within its board of directors and its operations in order to generate personal income.

Subscribers only Business 25.06.2025

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Central bank governor faces criticism over financial crisis

Initiative launched at UN to penalise those who mismanaged frozen Libyan assets

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The fate of the CCMSR armed group, a thorny subject for Haftar clan

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In Tripoli, beleaguered Rada militia moves closer to Khalifa Haftar

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