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| Nuri Abu Sahmain resurfaces in Guinea, along with Khalifa Ghwell |
| 2017-05-04 |
| [Libya Herald] After a year’s absence from the political limelight, former General National Congress president Nuri Abu Sahmain has arrived in Conarky today for talks on Libya with Guinea president Alpha Condé. He was accompanied by his deputy Awad Abdul Saddeq and self-declared "prime minister" Khalifa Ghwell. Condé, who took over the chairmanship of the African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... (AU) in January, is hosting a series of meetings with Libyan key players as part of the AU’s efforts at mediation. A month ago, House of Representatives President Ageela Saleh was in the Guinean capital for similar talks and it was announced at the time that other Libyan political figures were going to be invited. Neither Abu Sahmain nor Abdul Saddeq have been politically active of late although Ghwell continues to maintain that he is Libya’s sole legitimate prime minister. He and his supporters, however, were largely driven from Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... in March, |
| Posted by:Fred |