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Libya
In Paris, Abdelhamid Dabaiba talks hospitals, debt and reconstruction

Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba (right) and French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on June 1, 2021. © Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt/AFP

The Libyan prime minister has asked the French group Denos to once again take over the running of the Benghazi Medical Center, but an old debt has complicated the plan. Airbus, Bolloré and Idemia are meanwhile trying to revive the contracts promised by previous Libyan governments. [...]

Published on 07/06/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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DRC's biometric passport manufactured by Semlex.

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Subscribers only Business 28.10.2021

A Medef International delegation was in Tripoli from 10 to 11 October 2021.

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Declared presidential candidate Aref ali Nayed.

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Havas quietly assists as Fathi Bachagha tours Europe ahead of presidential poll

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Former Libyan Minister of the Interior Fathi Bachagha.

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The head of the Libyan government Abdelhamid Dabaiba is received by French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace.

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The former Libyan interior minister Fathi Bashagha.

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Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba (r) received his Tunisian counterpart Hichem Mechichi in Tripoli on 22 May.

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Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and French President Emmanuel Macron on May 18, 2021 in Paris.

Libya
Dabaiba and Macron to talk security and reconstruction on 1 June

Hoping to participate in Libya's reconstruction, Paris will need to draw a veil over its former support for the strongman of the east, Khalifa Haftar. And contend with the fact that Abdelhamid Dabaiba has strong backing from Turkey, whose influence in Africa Macron is seeking to curb.

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Libyan prime minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba.

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