TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Gunmen killed at least 12 Libyan soldiers in an attack on a checkpoint near the city of Bani Walid, a former stronghold of supporters of Muammar Gaddafi, security officials said on Saturday.
Two years after Gaddafi was overthrown and killed in a civil war, the north African country's fragile central government is struggling to control rival militias competing for influence in the aftermath of the conflict.
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