China is accused of trying to send $1 billion worth of drones to Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar, disguised as Covid-19 aid, with help from corrupt UN officials. Canadian investigators uncovered a conspiracy involving Chinese state officials and Libyan nationals to evade UN sanctions.

A standoff over control of the bank had destabilized the country’s economy and raised the prospect of fresh fighting between Libya’s eastern and western factions.

Representatives of Libya's rival eastern and western legislative bodies, in‮ ‬talks facilitated by the United Nations, signed an agreement on Thursday to end a crisis over leadership of the central bank,

Libyan factions agreed to appoint a new central bank governor, paving the way for a resolution to a row that’s slashed the OPEC nation’s oil output.