Libyan Islamist party's ministers quit government


  • World
  • Wednesday, 22 Jan 2014

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's Islamist Justice and Construction Party on Tuesday pulled its five ministers, including the oil minister, out of Prime Minister Ali Zeidan's government, complicating efforts to stabilize the OPEC country.

Two years after Muammar Gaddafi's fall, the oil-producing North African state has struggled to overcome political turmoil and heavily-armed ex-rebels who fought in the 2011 revolt against the autocrat but now refuse to disarm.

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