Libya’s new interim prime minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah will be sworn in Monday 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 Moamer Kadhafi was toppled and killed in a NATO-backed uprising in 2011, resulting in multiple forces vying for power. Dbeibah, selected at UN-sponsored talks in February alongside an interim three-member presidency council, will take the oath of office in the eastern city of Tobruk. His government includes two deputy prime ministers, 26 ministers and six ministers of state, with the key foreign affairs and justice portfolios handed to women, a first in Libya. The UN Security Council on Friday called for all foreign forces to leave “without further delay”.

Source: Libya Today March 15, 2021 09:33 UTC