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	     After the rival Benghazi-based government of Osama Hammad  backed militarily by the warlord Khalifa Haftar  ordered a shutdown of eastern oilfields  output dropped by more than half in the past week to about 450 000 barrels...
	 
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	     In Libya  UAE endorsed General Khalifa Haftar against a 'national unity' government backed by Qatar and Turkey...
	 
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	     Aguila Saleh  the speaker of the Tobruk-based House of Representatives (HoR)  which supports the GNS  and a close ally of Libyan National Army commander General Khalifa Belqasim Haftar  has said that he would 'not oppose any meeting that would help end the crisis ' in reference to UN envoy Abdoulaye Bathily's call to hold a meeting for all Libyan parties...
	 
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	     Tripoli sources urged caution regarding the credibility of the story about Wagner operatives being captured  but confirm that there has been an influx of Tuareg fighters in the south alongside speculation that they would wish to exact revenge on the Wagner men in Libya operating in support of Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA) militia...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     The route from Chad into Darfur was established in June  when it became clear that the UAE could not depend solely on its Libyan ally  General Khalifa Haftar  commander of the Tobruk-based Libyan National Army...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	    Eyebrows have been raised in Washington DC by the lobbying contract filed in October between the Libyan House of Representatives  now based in Benghazi  and K-Street outfit Vogel Group  which could benefit the political allies of Libyan National Army (LNA) leader General Khalifa Haftar...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 64 No 20 | 
            - CONGO-KINSHASA
	     In recent years the Gulf state has interfered in regional politics and wars  backing the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia of General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo  aka 'Hemeti'  in Sudan  as well as Libyan warlord General Khalifa Haftar (AC Vol 64 No 15  Hemeti's grand plan is stalemated)...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 64 No 19 | 
            - LIBYA
- MIGRATION
	    Militias linked to the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity (GNU) and its erstwhile rivals in the Libyan National Army (LNA) led by General Khalifa Haftar have taken over national border control and are working with European Union forces in the region...
	 
    
    
    
			
        
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	     El Sisi is an ally of Khalifa Haftar  the leader of the eastern-based Libyan National Army who is also backed by Russia's Wagner Group (AC Vol 63 No 14  All quiet on the Wagner front)...
	 
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            Vol 64 No 14 | 
            - LIBYA
- RUSSIA
	     The mercenaries remain the backbone of Gen Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA) militia even though the number of Russians has dwindled from around 2 500 to just a few hundred  centred on the Kharouba air base  east of Benghazi...