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Vol 65 No 19

Published 20th September 2024


Libya

Tensions around farcical leadership battle

The sacking of the central bank governor triggered another round of factional infighting, disrupting oil production and exports

In a sea of disinformation, private agendas and shifting alliances, Libya moves from one crisis to another. The latest centres on the Presidency Council’s decision to sack the governor of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL), El Sadeek Omer el Kabir, and the reaction from the rival Benghazi-based Government of National Stability (GNS), which ordered a halt to oil production and exports to prevent oil revenues going to people ‘with dishonest hands’.

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