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Libya
Tripoli wants to trade for end of Russian support to Haftar

Fayez Sarraj's Government of National Accord is trying to play the economic card to have General Khalifa Haftar's foreign backers make a full retreat. [...]

Published on 10/06/2020 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi
Ahmed Miitig
Central Bank of Libya
Gaddafi
Government of National Accord
Goznak
Khalifa Haftar
Libyan National Army
Maxim Shugaley
Mike Pompeo
Mohamed Taher Siala
Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Samer Sueifan
Sergey Lavrov
UNSMIL
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Gaddafi's LAAICO African assets prosper far from Libyan treasury's reach

With all of its attention taken up by the war against Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army, Fayez Sarraj's Government of National Accord is struggling to profit from the many African projects launched by Muammar Gaddafi's money man Bashir Saleh.

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Libya
UN prepares for war crimes investigation

Established in June and led by Morocco's Mohamed Aujjar, the UN's international Fact-Finding Mission to Libya will investigate war crimes committed since 2016, not least those allegedly committed by Khalifa Haftar's forces.

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The Fact-Finding Mission in Libya (FFML) should in particular investigate the mass graves discovered in Tarhouna.

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Haftar and Misrata still hold key to resolution of conflict following ceasefire

UNSMIL has succeeded in getting new crisis exit negotiations under way on the back of the ceasefire negotiated between eastern strong man Haftar and the city of Misrata. The question of how to demilitarise Syrte and Jufra axis has still to be resolved, however.

Subscribers only Politics 29.10.2020

Algeria
US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper on anti-Russian trip to Algiers this week

During US Secretary of State Mark Esper's visit to Algiers on 1 October discussions will focus on the situation in Libya, where Washington wants to prevent Moscow from establishing military bases.

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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.

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

Spotlight | Libya, Russia
Russian paramilitary group Wagner expands southern Libyan presence

Since the beginning of July, Wagner Group personnel have been beefing up Russia's presence in southwestern Libya, a few kilometres from oil fields held by militias affiliated with General Khalifa Haftar.

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The Sharara oil field, near the town of Ubar. Wagner has a detachment located three kilometers away from this strategic production asset, held by militias that have pledged allegiance to Haftar.

Libya
Airport, coastguard, oil: Giuseppe Conte tries to survive Erdogan's onslaught

To preserve its economic and security interests in Libya against Ankara, Rome is trying to get closer to Fayez Sarraj's government in Tripoli.

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Libya
Eastern parliament speaker Aguila Salah Issa seeks friends in Paris

The speaker of the Tobruk-based Libyan House of Representatives wants to end his European tour with a visit to France but is struggling to find anyone willing to meet him.

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President of the Libyan House of Representatives Aguila Salah Issa in Moscow, Russia, 3 July.

Libya
Haftar's army abandons equipment received from UAE after Tripoli routing

The Libyan National Army has been forced to leave behind several hundred tonnes of equipment delivered by air bridge by the United Arab Emirates.

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In Focus | Libya
Turkish military company Sadat turns Erdogan-Sarraj alliance into business opportunity

Turkish paramilitary company Sadat, headed by former Turkish general Adnan Tanriverdi, has set up a partnership with Fawzi Boukatif-led Libyan company Security Side to train the forces fighting for Fayez Sarraj's Government of National Accord.

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Sadat and Security Side are carrying out a training mission among the government's forces.

Libya
Fayez Sarraj willing to pay for backup in Fezzan

Territorial gains made by forces loyal to Tripoli have opened up a new path for the Government of National Accord, which has been trying to win back alliances in Fezzan. The stakes are high in the southwest region, whose oilfields are key to the country's economy.

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Libya
Erdogan sets up air bridge to Tripoli and Misrata to counter Haftar

Turkey is further strengthening its military presence in Libya, where it supports the government led by Fayez Sarraj in Tripoli against Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA).

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Maxim Shugaley
Mike Pompeo
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Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan
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Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Libya
Tripoli wants to trade for end of Russian support to Haftar

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Sergey Lavrov gears up for 2022 Russia-Africa summit

Libya, Sao Tome and Principe
Gaddafi's LAAICO African assets prosper far from Libyan treasury's reach

Libya
UN prepares for war crimes investigation

Spotlight | Libya
Haftar and Misrata still hold key to resolution of conflict following ceasefire

Algeria
US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper on anti-Russian trip to Algiers this week

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

Spotlight | Libya, Russia
Russian paramilitary group Wagner expands southern Libyan presence

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