Libya central bank governor, other bankers flee to avoid militias, FT says


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  • Friday, 30 Aug 2024

Libyan Central Bank Governor Sadiq al-Kabir talks during an interview with Reuters in London, Britain July 24 2019. Picture taken July 24, 2019. REUTERS/ Aidan Lewis/File Photo

(Reuters) - Libya's central bank governor Sadiq al-Kabir said he and other senior bank staff had been forced to leave the country to "protect out lives" from potential attacks by armed militia, the Financial Times reported on Friday.

"Militias are threatening and terrifying bank staff and are sometimes abducting their children and relatives to force them to go to work," Kabir told the newspaper via telephone.

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