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Libya
Sarraj and Al Kabir's entrepreneurial buddies win letters of credit

The opening of letters of credit to import essential items to the country has meant business for several quick thinkers close to the Central Bank of Libya governor Al Seddik Omar Al Kabir and prime minister Fayez Sarraj. [...]

Published on 11/05/2020 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Abdulfatah al-Saghir Ghaffar
Al Etha Group
Al Naseem
Al Seddik Omar Al Kabir
Al-Jaid for Food Industries Co
Ariaf Company
Bensalah
Central Bank of Libya
Fayez Sarraj
Impact for Importing Food
Libyan Banks Association
Libyan Islamic Bank
Misrata Free Zone
Mohamed al-Saghir Ghaffar
Mohamed Albashir Mustafa Al Kabir
Mohamed Raied
Mohamed Taher Issa
Union des Banques Maghrebines
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Prime Minister Fayez Sarraj (right) with the Central Bank of Libya governor Al Seddik Omar Al Kabir.

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Abdulfatah al-Saghir Ghaffar
Al Etha Group
Al Naseem
Al Seddik Omar Al Kabir
Al-Jaid for Food Industries Co
Ariaf Company
Bensalah
Central Bank of Libya
Fayez Sarraj
Impact for Importing Food
Libyan Banks Association
Libyan Islamic Bank
Misrata Free Zone
Mohamed al-Saghir Ghaffar
Mohamed Albashir Mustafa Al Kabir
Mohamed Raied
Mohamed Taher Issa
Union des Banques Maghrebines
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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
Sarraj and Al Kabir's entrepreneurial buddies win letters of credit

Libya
Mohamed Taher Issa, the Misrati agro-food tycoon who is backing Dabaiba

Libya
Business bigwigs Dabaiba, Raied, and Aradi muscle in on political dialogue

Libya
Fayez Sarraj willing to pay for backup in Fezzan

Libya
Sarraj wins battle with Audit Bureau to resume audit of feuding central bank

Libya
Haftar bungles Covid-19 response

Libya
UNSMIL aims at redistribution, reconstruction and bank reform

Libya
Sanalla attacks CBL governor before British businessmen in Tunis

Libya
Al Kabir changes his head of operations at the central bank

Libya
Al Kabir ordered to restore order at the LFB