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19.01.12 Libya Focus
January issue: Table of contents
SPOTLIGHT
- Militias in control as chaos reigns: The NTC has made a series of gestures in
response; Fretting about foreign intervention; There is a fear about what
the US is planning in Libya
GOVERNANCE
- Draft election law criticised: These weaknesses are partly a consequence of the
myriad competing factions; Traditionalism without parties; First tribe past the
post; Feeble quota for women; Qadhafi collaborators excluded
POLITICS & SOCIETY
- Outsider wins army appointment: Al-Mangoush is
not linked to any militia or political organisation
- Bringing the militias to heel? The police are doing little better than the army
in the effort to recruit revolutionaries
- Salafists destroy more shrines: In a bid to deal with the problem the Ministry
of Awqaf (Religious Affairs) in Benghazi issued a statement
- French national killed in Tripoli: Colonel Hugues de Samie was found dead in his
apartment
- AQIM slips through porous borders: Reports are growing of alcohol and drugs being
smuggled into the country
ENERGY INDUSTRY
- Oil sector outpaces others: This is all the more remarkable as operations have
been restored without significant assistance
- NOC needs to find its place: Subsidiaries and JVs take stock; International
participation
- Mixed messages on contract reviews: But the most recent statement by Oil
Minister
Abdulrahman Ben Yezza is encouraging
- Multiple allegations in corruption report: Companies forced to reduce activity;
Oil marketing faults exposed
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
- Holding back on major contracts: The administrative capacity of the new
government departments is highly inhibited
- Business news in brief: Jihad tax lifted; Switzerland and Lebanon trade bans
lifted.
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