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African Union, Congo, Libya
Sassou appoints special adviser Joly to work on Libya

As the chairman of the African Union's committee on Libya, the Congolese president is now relying on his special adviser Françoise Joly to monitor developments in Libya. [...]

Published on 17/02/2023 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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