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Ex-oil chief who tried to reform Gaddafi’s Libya dies

April 30, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Shokri Ghanem, Libya’s former prime minister and oil chief, saw it as his mission to change his country from the inside, only to realise too late that Muammar Gaddafi would never accept any meaningful reform. Ghanem died in Vienna, at … read more »

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Oil flows again in Libya

October 17, 2011 by benim

Tripoli – Libyan oil production has resumed more quickly than expected, but the country still has enormous political and technical obstacles to surmount before the situation returns to normal, experts said. “The market should be ready for Libyan crude,” said … read more »

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Gadhafi insider defects

June 13, 2011 by benim

LONDON – Another member of Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi’s regime has defected and fled the country, two Libyan analysts in London said Monday, as fighting continued between government troops and rebel forces. Sassi Garada, one of the first men to … read more »

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Libya to replace energy chief who defected

June 2, 2011 by benim

The Libyan government said on Thursday it will send a representative to the next OPEC meeting, replacing the top oil official who defected saying he had lost faith in the rule of Muammar Gaddafi. Shokri Ghanem, who oversaw Libya’s oil … read more »

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Gaddafi increasingly isolated: US

June 2, 2011 by benim

Washington – US military chief Admiral Mike Mullen said on Thursday that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was increasingly isolated but that the Nato alliance was prepared for a sustained military campaign. “There are, from my perspective some signs, certainly in … read more »

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UN demands Khartoum troops quit flashpoint Abyei

May 23, 2011 by benim

The United Nations demanded that Khartoum withdraw its troops from Sudan’s Abyei district after what the south branded an “invasion” by northern troops of the flashpoint border region. A visiting delegation of the UN Security Council said on Sunday they … read more »

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Obama ‘is delusional’

May 22, 2011 by benim

Tripoli – Nato airplanes early on Sunday carried out raids against the port of Tripoli and the residence of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi near the centre of the capital, a Libyan official said. “There were two raids on the port … read more »

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Another Gadhafi regime official defects

May 17, 2011 by benim

TRIPOLI, Libya – Another high-ranking Libyan official has defected and fled the country amid a widening NATO campaign of bombings as well as leafletting and other psychological warfare to persuade Moammar Gadhafi’s troops to stop fighting. Shukri Ghanem, the Libyan … read more »

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