Libya’s new interim PM takes oath

Agencies | Tobruk

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com

Libya’s new interim Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah was sworn in yesterday to lead the war-torn country’s transition to elections in December, after years of chaos and division.

The North African nation descended into conflict after dictator Muammar Qaddafi was toppled and killed in a NATO-backed uprising in 2011, resulting in multiple forces vying for power.

A United Nations-supervised process is aimed at uniting the country, building on an October cease-fire between rival administrations in the country’s east and west. Dbeibah was selected at UN-sponsored talks alongside an interim three-member presidency council.