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Jan
14
2023
By The African Mirror
CIA chief makes rare visit to Libya

CIA chief makes rare visit to Libya

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U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) chief William Burns made a rare trip to Libya, meeting Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah in Tripoli, the Libyan government said. Dbeibah's Government of National Unity announced the visit on its Facebook page, posting a picture of Burns and Dbeibah together. Two sources close to eastern Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar, who is based in Benghazi, said Burns had also met with him. The CIA, which does not regularly announce such visits, declined to comment. Libya has had little peace since a NATO-backed uprising in 2011, and the country split in 2014 between warring eastern and western…
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Jul
16
2022
By The African Mirror
Libya’s oil chief ignores govt’s dismissal

Libya’s oil chief ignores govt’s dismissal

NEWS
THE head of Libya's National Oil Corp (NOC) rejected the prime minister's authority to sack him, raising the prospect of an open struggle for control of the state energy producer. In a furious televised speech, Mustafa Sanalla said Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah's mandate to govern had expired and warned him not to touch NOC. An armed force deployed outside the NOC building later in the day, three witnesses said. One of them said the force was aligned with Dbeibah. A spokesperson for the Government of National Unity, which is headed by Dbeibah, was not immediately available for comment. Libya's messy…
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