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Libya
Dabaiba and Haftar in secret negotiations to replace NOC boss Mustafa Sanalla

Mustafa Sanalla, head of National Oil Corp (NOC). © Christian Bruna/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

To try to win the support of army commander Khalifa Haftar, Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba, who is trying to hang on to his post, has offered to let him choose the next head of the national oil company. The incumbent NOC chairman Mustafa Sanallah is not yet ready to make way, however. [...]

Published on 01.07.2022 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 4 minutes

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Libya
Abdelhamid Dabaiba
Aguila Salah Issa
Ahmed Miitig
Al Seddik Omar al-Kabir
Central Bank of Libya
European Union
Farhat Omar Bengdara
Fathi Bashagha
Ibrahim Dabaiba
Khalifa Haftar
Libyan National Army
Mohamed Aoun
Mustafa Sanalla
National Oil Corp
Saddam Haftar
Sofian Shibani
United Nations

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Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba in Tripoli on 28 January 2023.

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Farhat Bengdara, the chairman of Libya's National Oil Corp during a press conference outside the corporation's headquarters in the capital Tripoli on 14 July 2022.

Inner circles | Libya
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Farhat Bengdara, the new chief of Libya's National Oil Corporation in Tripoli on 14 July 2022.

Libya
Abdelhamid Dabaiba gets closer to Abu Dhabi

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Libyan PM Abdulhamid Dbeibah, in Misrata on 17 December 2022.

Spotlight | Libya
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Libya's Khalifa Haftar in Benghazi, Libya, 16 November 2021.

Inner circles | Libya
New NOC boss Bengdara brings in his own people

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The new president of the NOC, Farhat Omar Bengdara.

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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Spotlight | Libya, Russia
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Breaking published on 30/07/22, 9:00 - Determined to remain at the head of the executive, Abdelhamid Dabaiba is keen to get into General Khalifa Haftar's good books. Africa Intelligence can reveal how Haftar's son travelled to Dubai to negotiate with the Prime Minister's missi dominici for several key positions in a future reshuffled government.

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Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba.

Libya
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Subscribers only Energy 29.07.2022

Farhat Bengdara, newly appointed as chairman of the Libyan state National Oil Corp (NOC).

Libya
NOC boss Mustafa Sanalla down but not yet out despite his sacking

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Mustafa Sanalla has been dismissed from the National Oil Corp (NOC).

Spotlight | Libya
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Libya
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US Ambassador to Libya Richard Norland (l) with the head of the Libyan Central Bank, Al Seddik Omar al-Kabir, January 2022.

Libya
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Lybian prime minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba.

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From left to right: Libyan Minister of Hydrocarbons Mohamed Aoun, Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity (GNU) Abdelhamid Dabaiba and NOC boss Mustafa Sanalla.

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A view of the Central Bank of Libya in central Tripoli.

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Dabaiba and Haftar in secret negotiations to replace NOC boss Mustafa Sanalla

Libya
Dabaiba clan tightens grip on oil ministry

Libya
TotalEnergies in discussions to extend Waha licence

Libya
Siddiq Haftar polishes his presidential profile

Spotlight | Libya
NOC boss Farhat Bengdara manoeuvres to set up financial oversight committee

Inner circles | Libya
NOC boss Bengdara appoints Haftar loyalists to run subsidiaries

Libya
Abdelhamid Dabaiba gets closer to Abu Dhabi

Spotlight | Libya
Saddam Haftar puts eastern Libyan banks at his service

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Haftar mulls another oil blockade

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New NOC boss Bengdara brings in his own people

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TotalEnergies still battling to get Libyan green light for Hess stake in Waha

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NOC and Tripoli prepare response to ex-Gaddafi communicator in Paris

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