The casualties recorded from these strikes revealed that Mr Haftar has been looking far further East than Tobruk in his search for military support. As Libya enters its sixth year of civil war, violence shows no sign of abating as regional and international powers vie for influence. Andrey Chuprygin, a Senior Lecturer at Moscow’s Higher School of Economics, argues that Russia’s interests in Libya are multifarious. Wagner forces have been known to operate across Africa, securing lucrative logistics and security contracts in the Central African Republic and Sudan. The increased privatisation of Libya’s war through the involvement of Private Military Contractors augurs badly for an end to hostilities in the country.

Source: The North Africa Journal October 09, 2019 10:07 UTC