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Libya
Haftar mulls another oil blockade

Libya's Khalifa Haftar in Benghazi, Libya, 16 November 2021. © Esam Omran Al-Fetori/Reuters

Under pressure from his ally Egypt and fired up from the failed deal with Abdelhamid Dabaiba, strongman of eastern Libya Khalifa Haftar is threatening to pull out his trump card to regain his footing in the struggle for power: turn off the oil taps. [...]

Published on 26/10/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Abbas Kamel
Abdelhamid Dabaiba
Al Seddik Omar Al Kabir
Belkacem Haftar
Central Bank
Farhat Omar Bengdara
Ibrahim Dabaiba
Khalifa Haftar
Libyan National Army
Mevlut Çavusoglu
Mohamed Aoun
Mustafa Sanalla
National Oil Co
of Libya
Saddam Haftar
Supreme Council for Energy

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Libya
NOC boss Farhat Bengdara under fire over his management of the company's finances

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Farhat Bengdara, chief of Libya's NOC, outside the corporation's headquarters in Tripoli on July 14, 2022.

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Saddam Haftar puts eastern Libyan banks at his service

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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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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).

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

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Mustafa Sanalla, head of National Oil Corp (NOC).

Inner circles | Libya
Central Bank of Libya at heart of battle between Dabaiba and Bachagha

With billions of dollars of oil revenues in its coffers, the politically powerful Central Bank of Libya has been presided over for a decade by the unbudgeable Al Seddik Omar Al Kabir. It recently began the process of reuniting with its breakaway branch in eastern Libya and found itself straight away in the middle of the tug-of-war between Abdelhamid Dabaiba and Fathi Bachagha for the premiership.

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The Governor of the Libyan Central Bank (LCB) Al Seddik Omar al-Kabir.

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Ivory Coast
French investigation sends tremors through Abidjan's political class

Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Libya
Haftar mulls another oil blockade

In Focus | Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Libya
TotalEnergies in discussions to extend Waha licence

Libya
Siddiq Haftar polishes his presidential profile

Libya
NOC boss Farhat Bengdara under fire over his management of the company's finances

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

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

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

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

Inner circles | Libya
Central Bank of Libya at heart of battle between Dabaiba and Bachagha