The Tripoli headquarters of Libya’s National Oil Co., which has objected to an oil export… A government that controls Libya’s eastern half said its oil company has loaded its first shipment of oil over the objections of the North African nation’s internationally recognized oil company. If completed, the delivery would create a lucrative revenue stream for Libya’s eastern government at an awkward moment for the fragile peace process with the United Nations-backed unity government, based in Tripoli, that rules the country’s western half. The unity government has tried to take power across the whole country, but it hasn’t received support from the militias that rule the country’s east. Libya has been divided between east and west since a raft of militias took control following the 2011 ouster and death of dictator Moammar Gadhafi . Under Libyan law, all of the country’s oil must be pumped and sold via the […]