Vol 55 No 15 | LIBYA Islamists strike back 23rd July 2014 Unable to take on General Haftar's forces in Benghazi, jihadist militias strike at his allies in Tripoli Islamist militias aligned with Libya's Muslim Brotherhood have mounted their most serious counter-offensive yet against forces loyal to General Khalifa Belqasim Haftar in a series ...
Vol 55 No 13 | LIBYA The centre moves east 27th June 2014 The country’s centre of gravity may be moving towards Benghazi but away from the Muslim Brotherhood It may not be until after the Eid celebrations at the end of Ramadan that Libya's third interim Parliament can appoint an executive. The results of the 25 June elections probably w...
Vol 55 No 12 | EGYPTLIBYASUDAN Cairo leans on Khartoum 13th June 2014 Tension is still rising between Khartoum and Cairo as Egypt's new leader President Abdel Fatah Khalil el Sisi sets out his strategic priorities. Top of the list is shutting down th...
Vol 55 No 11 | LIBYA Enter the General 22nd May 2014 Retired General Khalifa Haftar has taken on the Islamist militias that dominate the east and intends to capture Parliament and seize power A group of senior officers led by General Khalifa Belqasim Haftar, Chief of Staff under the late Colonel Moammar el Gadaffi, is drawing militias to its banner from across Libya in ...
Vol 55 No 7 | LIBYAUNITED STATES Libya links worry Wall Street 27th March 2014 US prosecutors are scrutinising the methods used to get lucrative Libyan investments and the role of brokers and agents The United States regulatory authorities are closing in on several cases involving US financial institutions and possible bribes and commissions for the late Colonel Moammer el Gad...
Vol 54 No 23 | LIBYA Little leadership and less oil 14th November 2013 Ali Zeidan has kept his grip on the premiership but financial pressures, oil blockades and secession threats in the east and south are crowding in The recent failure of the Muslim Brotherhood-backed Justice and Construction Party (JCP) and its allies to remove Prime Minister Ali Zeidan – whether via a vote of the Genera...
Vol 54 No 2 | LIBYA Not so open for business 18th January 2013 The government is drifting and so is business, which is deterring investment Although the Libyan economy is returning to life – with the oil sector in the lead – planning is not. Despite the pressing need to rebuild, little is going on. The International Mo...
Vol 54 No 2 | LIBYA Thawing the assets 18th January 2013 According to a leaked management report from September 2010, some 75% of the Libyan Investment Authority’s assets were in Europe, 14% in North America and the remaining 11% in emer...
Vol 54 No 1 | LIBYA Democratic hustle 10th January 2013 Libya’s rulers will need cajoling and heavy popular pressure before they do what is needed to set up an authoritative central government Mounting problems of security, economics and social development will hustle democratic Libya’s feeble central government and half-formed state institutions into action on several f...
Vol 53 No 25 | LIBYA Unity under strain 14th December 2012 As the forces pulling Libya apart strengthen, the government makes strategic blunders and cannot make progress on the constitution Having departed from the overly ambitious roadmap set out in 2011’s Constitutional Declaration, Libya’s elected representatives cannot decide on a replacement and are mired in inde...