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Oil workers’ discontent a risk for Libyan output surge

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- December 1, 2018

BENGHAZI/TRIPOLI/LONDON (Reuters) - Libya's oil output is at a five-year high and rare exploration deals with foreign majors are being won but worker dissent and ever-present armed groups risk a repeat of disruptions that have choked off other production surges since the 2011 civil war. Staff at state oil firm NOC

Libya rivals arrive for Italy summit after election shelved

- November 12, 2018

The rulers of Libya's rival east and west were gathering at a summit for the first time in more than five months on Monday, a week after the United Nations buried plans to hold an election next month. Khalifa Haftar, the strongman ruling most of Libya's east, arrived in the evening

Exclusive: U.N. envoy wants Libya election by June after Libyans decide format

- November 12, 2018

PALERMO, Italy (Reuters) - The U.N. envoy for Libya hopes another attempt to hold an election will take place by June after he scrapped a December plan, but said Libyans should first use a national conference in early 2019 to decide on the poll's format. U.N. Special Envoy Ghassan Salame decided

Libya should start process for elections in spring – U.N. envoy

- November 9, 2018November 9, 2018

TUNIS (Reuters) - Libya should start the process to hold an election in spring 2019 only after a national conference to discuss its ongoing conflict, the U.N. Libya envoy said on Thursday, officially burying the unlikely idea of a vote next month. Western powers and the United Nations had originally hoped

Libyan PM reshuffles ministers to broaden support after Tripoli clashes

- October 8, 2018October 8, 2018

Libya's U.N.-backed Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj changed the interior minister and reshuffled other cabinet posts on Sunday in a move seen as a bid to broaden his support nationwide and bolster security in the capital after weeks of clashes. Tripoli has been hit by fighting between rival armed groups competing over