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Libya
Janus, G4S, Optima jockey for Tripoli mine clearance contract

The United Nations is about to hire a private contractor to clear mines laid during Khalifa Haftar's offensive on the Libyan capital. The leading firms in the sector are bidding for the contract, which comes against a backdrop of political transition. [...]

Published on 30/03/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Abdelhamid Dabaiba
Argus Security Projects
EOD-EX
European Union
Fayez Sarraj
G4S
Global Clearance Solutions
Government of National Accord
Government of National Unity
Halo Trust
Janus Global Operations
Khalifa Haftar
Libyan National Army
Optima Group
United Nations
United Nations Mine Action Service
United Nations Office for Project Services

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UN, Tripoli, Abu Dhabi play game of bluff over arms embargo

Tripoli is quietly lobbying the UN to allow delivery of armoured vehicles from the Emirates, despite an arms embargo on Libya. The plea comes after a ship carrying Emirati armoured vehicles to eastern Libya was seized in October, the latest in a series of violations of the international embargo.

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Libya's Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba in Tripoli, on 21 November 2021.

Somalia
Security giant Janus appoints Charles Skinner as managing director in Mogadishu

Charles Skinner is to take the helm of Janus Global Operations Somalia, a subsidiary of the US private security giant. He will work closely with Neville Viviers, who remains the firm's country manager in Mogadishu.

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Mali
G4S and Relyant vie for contract to train MINUSMA's mine-clearing experts

British private security giant G4S and American subcontractor Relyant have applied to help the UN reinforce its strategy to keep its soldiers in Mali safe from improvised explosive devices.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 02.12.2021

Libya
Ukroboronservice to train Libyan police in handling unexploded ordnance

Ukrainian mine clearance specialist Ukroboronservice is expanding its presence in Libya. On 8 November, the United Nations awarded the subsidiary of the state defence conglomerate Ukroboronprom a contract for explosive ordnance management capacity building.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 01.12.2021

Libya
Ukroboronservice beats off Western giants to land Tripoli mine clearance contract

The United Nations has chosen Ukrainian state-owned company Ukroboronservice to make the outskirts of Tripoli safe

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Equatorial Guinea
Geomines and EOD-EX ready to deploy in wake of Bata barracks explosion

The French mine clearance experts Geomines and EOD-EX have offered their services to improve security in the Bata area. In early March, Equatorial Guinea's largest city was rocked by the explosion of munitions stored at a military barracks.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 13.05.2021

On 7 March, the city of Bata in Equatorial Guinea was rocked by a series of explosions at ammunition depots.

Libya
Haftar wins the first round of vaccine war with help from Abu Dhabi and Moscow

Health minister Ali Zanaty has succeeded in getting 100,000 doses of the Sputnik-V vaccine to Tripoli thanks to eastern Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar's foreign allies. Zanaty is one of Haftar's supporters in the governent of national unity.

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Libya
EU's maritime rescue millions missing at sea

European commissioner for neighbourhood and enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi, was not able to say where the EU-funded Libyan maritime rescue coordination centre is located. The centre, financed by the European Union to help boats in trouble in the Mediterranean, should have been operational by 2020.

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Algeria
Algiers reinforces its southern border with new detention centre in Djanet

With Libya intending to tighten control of its borders, Algeria is poised to become a preferred route for migrants heading to Europe and has responded by announcing the opening of a new detention centre in the south.

Subscribers only Politics 02.04.2021

Libya
Precarious return to Tripoli for French ambassador Béatrice Le Fraper

Work to secure the French embassy in Libya, which is reopening today at the behest of Emmanuel Macron, is six months behind schedule.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 29.03.2021

France's ambassador to Libya Béatrice Le Fraper du Hellen.

Libya
Biden and Blinken push Macron, Draghi and Merkel to unite on Libyan front

America's hardline stance on Libya has prompted France, Italy and Germany to push the country back up their list of foreign policy priorities, and various meetings and trips are taking place or being planned.

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavusoglu at a NATO meeting in Brussels on March 23.

Libya
Vellichor Risk hoists Union Jack over Tripoli private security market

Expanding rapidly in Tripoli, the British security firm Vellichor Risk has entrusted its Libyan operations to the retired brigadier Rob Jefferies, who is working in conjunction with the leading local company Security Side.

Free access Defence, Business 18.03.2021

Libya
Tutaré replaces Janus Global Operations in Tripoli and Benghazi

Former Janus country manager Paul Scott has taken over the firm's activities in Libya, using his own firm, Tutaré Risk Management.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 17.11.2020

Spotlight | Libya
With no Haftar-Bachagha deal, Tripoli fighting continues

Following the failure of the humanitarian truce called for on March 18 by the United Nations to prevent the coronavirus (Covid-19) spreading in Libya, nothing seems likely to stop the fighting in Tripoli between Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA) [.

Subscribers only Politics 26.03.2020

Spotlight | Libya
How Vladimir Putin's peace initiative turned into a debacle

The negotiations in Moscow between Fayez Sarraj and Khalifa Haftar, which were organised in haste on January 13, escaped Vladimir Putin's control in a matter of hours. According to information gathered by Maghreb Confidential, the talks quickly turned into a [.

Subscribers only Politics 16.01.2020

Spotlight | Libya
How Vladimir Putin's peace initiative turned into a debacle

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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?

Libya
Janus, G4S, Optima jockey for Tripoli mine clearance contract

Spotlight | Libya
UN, Tripoli, Abu Dhabi play game of bluff over arms embargo

Somalia
Security giant Janus appoints Charles Skinner as managing director in Mogadishu

Mali
G4S and Relyant vie for contract to train MINUSMA's mine-clearing experts

Libya
Ukroboronservice to train Libyan police in handling unexploded ordnance

Libya
Ukroboronservice beats off Western giants to land Tripoli mine clearance contract

Equatorial Guinea
Geomines and EOD-EX ready to deploy in wake of Bata barracks explosion

Libya
Haftar wins the first round of vaccine war with help from Abu Dhabi and Moscow

Libya
EU's maritime rescue millions missing at sea

Algeria
Algiers reinforces its southern border with new detention centre in Djanet

Libya
Precarious return to Tripoli for French ambassador Béatrice Le Fraper

Libya
Biden and Blinken push Macron, Draghi and Merkel to unite on Libyan front

Libya
Vellichor Risk hoists Union Jack over Tripoli private security market

Libya
Tutaré replaces Janus Global Operations in Tripoli and Benghazi

Spotlight | Libya
With no Haftar-Bachagha deal, Tripoli fighting continues

Spotlight | Libya
How Vladimir Putin's peace initiative turned into a debacle

Spotlight | Libya
How Vladimir Putin's peace initiative turned into a debacle