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Speaker Aguila Salah Issa sends MPs to Ankara to reconnect

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Erdogan sets out to conquer Africa

Keen to reassert Turkey's international status, and also to help Turkish companies to break into the African market, the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been spearheading a major diplomatic and business drive in Africa. To achieve its goals, the Turkish government is counting on the assistance of its religious networks. [...]

Eight MPs from the House of Representatives in Tobruk are taking an offcial visit to Turkey. With elections just over a month away, this visit shows the east's desire to improve relations. [...]

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The Speaker of the House of Representatives in Tobruk, Aguila Saleh Issa.

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Saif al-Islam Gaddafi (left), son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, registering to run in the upcoming presidential elections in the city of Sebha, south of Tripoli, Libya, 14 November 2021.

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Commander of the Libyan National Army Khalifa Haftar.

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Aguila Salah Issa, Abdel Fattah Al Sisi and Khalifa Haftar (from left to right) met in Cairo, on 14 september.

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Guterres lobbies for the UN to take charge of militias' disarmament

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Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres.

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Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Libya
Speaker Aguila Salah Issa sends MPs to Ankara to reconnect

Libya
Aguila Saleh Issa taking great strides to save Bashagha

Spotlight | Libya
Why Haftar rolled out the red carpet for Beshir Saleh and Saif al-Islam Gaddafi

Inner circles | Libya
Haftar clan keeps tight hold of Military Investment Authority

Spotlight | Egypt, Libya
To avoid clashing with Erdogan, Sisi plans to reduce his support to Haftar

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Guterres lobbies for the UN to take charge of militias' disarmament

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One billion dollars keeps Ali Mahmoud Hassan at LIA helm