Bashir Saleh, Qaddafi former chief of staff, survives gun attack in South Africa
Feb 26 Sami Zaptia

Bashir Saleh, Qaddafi former chief of staff, survives gun attack in South Africa

By Sami Zaptia.London, 26 February 2018:Former Qaddafi chief of staff and one time controller of the Libyan African Portfolio, Bashir Saleh has surviv...

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Apr 17 Michel Cousins

The IMF and the vexing issue of reforming subsidies: ramifications for Libya.

By Sami Zaptia.Washington DC, 17 April 2013:The IMF report based on a 22 country-case study of energy subsidy reform concludes that though aimed at pr...

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Chinese firms implicated in shady oil deals
Jun 3 Nigel Ash

Chinese firms implicated in shady oil deals

Tripoli, 3 June:When Shukri Ghanem, Libya’s former oil chief and prime minister drowned last month in the Danube, close to his Vienna home, with him m...

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Tunisians "foil" plot to kill Baghdadi Mahmoudi
May 16 Nigel Ash

Tunisians "foil" plot to kill Baghdadi Mahmoudi

Tripoli, 16 May:Qaddafi’s prime minister Baghdadi Mahmoudi is under tight guard in Tunis following claims from security forces that they had discovere...

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Ghanem's body flown home as investigations into his death continue
May 4 Michel Cousins

Ghanem's body flown home as investigations into his death continue

Tripoli, 4 May:A police murder team in Vienna is investigating the drowning of Shukri Ghanem, the former chairman of the National Oil Company. Ghanem’...

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