Libya’s parliament rejects prime minister’s cabinet, fighting continues

Libya’s parliament rejects prime minister’s cabinet, fighting continues
Libya’s parliament rejects prime minister’s cabinet, fighting continues

Libya’s parliament rejects prime minister’s cabinet, fighting continues

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This week Libya’s parliament rejected the new cabinet selected by Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni. His government has been unable to gain full control over the country. Last month a militia group took over the capital and forced the government to leave Tripoli. They’ve been trying to govern from the city of Torbuk, further east. We’ll take a look at what’s happened in Libya since the fall of Qaddafi with Khaled M, a Libyan American recording artist who has been working to try to re-develop the country and its institutions. (photo: In this Saturday, July 26, 2014 frame grab from video obtained from a freelance journalist traveling with the Misarata brigade, fighters from the Islamist Misarata brigade fire towards Tripoli airport in an attempt to wrest control from a powerful rival militia, in Tripoli, Libya. (AP Photo/AP video))