Libya’s central bank says its headquarters was raided

Libya’s central bank said unidentified individuals raided its Tripoli headquarters on Thursday, hours after the eastern parliament said it had accepted Governor Naji Issa’s resignation in principle and named board member Fauzi Abokhzam interim governor.

Why it matters: The central bank is the institution that holds Libya’s oil revenue and has been a flashpoint in past standoffs that halted oil production, so a raid on its headquarters and a contested change of governor raise the risk of another financial and oil disruption.

Data as of Single-sourced: Arab News report of October 22, 2026, read in full, reporting the central bank’s own statement and the parliament’s announcement; no independent corroboration of the raid had appeared and the Tripoli government had not commented as of 12:44 EDT. Developing item.

Libya’s central bank said unidentified individuals raided its headquarters in Tripoli on Thursday while Governor Naji Issa was away, and said it held all parties that participated responsible, singling out the defence ministry, which is tasked with protecting the building. Hours earlier, the parliament in Benghazi said it had accepted in principle the resignation Issa first announced in August, which it rejected at the time, and had appointed central bank board member Fauzi Abokhzam as interim governor pending a final decision.

Issa’s appointment in 2024 followed a political standoff that halted oil production during a financial crisis, and Libya remains divided between the UN-recognised government in Tripoli and a rival eastern administration backed by Khalifa Haftar, whose forces control Benghazi, where parliament sits. The Tripoli government had not commented on the reported raid.

Libya’s central bank says its headquarters was raided

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