Charges of Misspent Oil Money Furthers Blockade in Libya

  • Bank denies it’s stalling an audit of how oil income is spent
  • Revenue distribution is at the heart of Libya’s divisions

A resident walks in the rubble of a damaged house in Tripoli on May 31. 

Photographer: Mahmud Turkia/AFP via Getty Images

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A delayed audit of Libya’s central bank is now contributing to a devastating oil blockade, the latest twist to a regional proxy war launched by Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar against the United Nations-backed government in Tripoli.