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LIBYA

Dabaiba and Bashagha fight it out for Misrata's support

Prime minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba and his rival Fathi Bachagha.
Prime minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba and his rival Fathi Bachagha. © Donatella Giagnori/EIDON/MaxPPP - STRINGER/EPA/MaxPPP
Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba and his rival Fathi Bashagha, appointed to the same post on 10 February, are both courting the influential city-state, where they both come from, and at the moment anything is possible. [...] (322 words)
Published on 25/02/2022 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes
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Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba and Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov. © Donatella Giagnori/Eidon/Dmitry Astakhov/Sputnik/Government Press Service Pool/EPA/MaxPPP
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