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Libyan interim PM delays trip to east

Libyan interim PM delays trip to east

LIBYA's new interim Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibeh postponed a visit to the country's east to demonstrate his unity government's progress in ending years of division between warring factions. His spokesman Mohamed Hamouda said in a social media post that the visit had been postponed without giving details. The delay underscores the continued friction between rival camps in the capital Tripoli, in the west, and Benghazi, in the east, the stronghold of commander Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA). East and west sides formed rival administrations in 2014, further dividing a country already beset by the chaos and violence that followed…
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Residents flee Mogadishu

Residents flee Mogadishu

ABDI SHEIKH RESIDENTS of Mogadishu have fled some neighbourhoods, fearing fresh clashes between rival factions in Somalia's security forces, in a row about presidential term limits that has fuelled worries the country could return to all-out war. Government forces also raided an independent radio station and confiscated equipment. Forces loyal to the opposition hold parts of the city and the two sides clashed over the weekend, raising fears that al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab insurgents could exploit a security vacuum as state forces turn on each other. The unrest is the second bout of violence in Mogadishu over an extension to…
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