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Libya, Sao Tome and Principe
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. [...]

Published on 16/12/2020 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Africa Investment and Trade
Amir Zareba
Atico-African Investment
Bashir Saleh
Fayez Sarraj
Government of National Accord
Jorge Lopes Bom Jesus
Khalifa Hafta
Libyan Arab African Investment Co
Libyan National Army
Muammar Gaddafi
Patrice Trovoada
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Tripoli set to retake Bangui's Plaza Ledger hotel after seven-year battle

Zeyad Alzarzour Khalifa, the all-powerful boss of the Plaza Ledger hotel, was in mid-September unceremoniously booted out of his job. The move opens the door to Libya's sovereign wealth fund taking back control of the luxury hotel, and it could end years of bad blood between Tripoli and Bangui.

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Gaddafi's 'Air Force One' still stuck in France as EACS's technicians struggle to get visas

Libyan state-owned airline EACS is set to retake possession of the Airbus A340 which served as Muammar Gaddafi's presidential jet. The aircraft's return is being held up, however, by the unwillingness of the French embassy in Libya to issue visas for the company's technicians.

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As UN bides for time, Haftar and Sarraj prepare for clash in Fezzan

The historic southern Libyan region could become the next battleground between the Tripoli forces and Khalifa Kaftar's army while talks drag on.

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Central African Republic, Libya
Tripoli and Bangui at daggers drawn over luxury hotel

The Plaza Ledger hotel, the place to be in Bangui, is the prize in a bitter battle between its owner, the Libyan state, and its manager, Zeyad Alzarzour Khalifa, who has the backing of the Central African government.

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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.

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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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Khalifa Hafta
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Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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

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

Central African Republic, Libya
Tripoli set to retake Bangui's Plaza Ledger hotel after seven-year battle

Libya
Gaddafi's 'Air Force One' still stuck in France as EACS's technicians struggle to get visas

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As UN bides for time, Haftar and Sarraj prepare for clash in Fezzan

Central African Republic, Libya
Tripoli and Bangui at daggers drawn over luxury hotel

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Tripoli wants to trade for end of Russian support to Haftar

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