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Op-Ed: In Libya, trying to make one government out of two

By Washington Post, 21 September 2015
Dozens of residents in Misurata pray after attending a protest organized to voice their discontent with what they perceive is Gen. Khalifa Hifter's alliance with Egypt's government [photo credit: Javier Manzano/For The Washington Post]
Dozens of residents in Misurata pray after attending a protest organized to voice their discontent with what they perceive is Gen. Khalifa Hifter's alliance with Egypt's government [photo credit: Javier Manzano/For The Washington Post]
<p>Abdullah al-Thinni is Libya’s prime minister. From his office in the eastern city of Bayda, the 61-year-old former defense minister boasts an army, a suite of ministers and a host of challenges, including an Islamist insurgency and an economy in free fall.</p><p>But Khalifa al-Ghwell, who sits in the capital, also is Libya’s prime minister. A civil engineer who took over when his predecessor was ousted earlier this year, Ghwell may not enjoy the backing of world powers, but he does have the advantage of support from the country’s most powerful militias.</p>
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