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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. [...]

Published on 30/09/2020 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Abdelmadjid Tebboune
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Government of National Accord
Khalifa Haftar
Libyan NationalArmy
Mark Esper
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Said Chengriha
Stephen Townsend
Vladimir Putin
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Washington's secret war against Wagner's planes

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on 30 March 2022 in Algiers.

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.

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

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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
Jones Group hopes to train Tripoli's troops under Erdogan's shadow

As Turkey takes on the job of restructuring the armed forces of Libya's Government of National Accord, US security consultancy Jones Group International is dreaming of a return to Tripoli. But it will have to work through Ankara to get any contracts.

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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.

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Africa, United States
CACI International is Africom's new mega-contractor

In awarding a huge service contract to CACI International, the United States Africa Command (Africom) has further accented its reliance on private sector contractors just as Washington is looking to disengage its troops from African theatres of operation.

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

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

Spotlight | Africa
Washington's secret war against Wagner's planes

Libya
How Macron derailed UNSMIL head Stephanie Williams' peace plan

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

Libya
Jones Group hopes to train Tripoli's troops under Erdogan's shadow

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

Africa, United States
CACI International is Africom's new mega-contractor