Libyan Islamist party's ministers resign from Zeidan government


  • World
  • Wednesday, 22 Jan 2014

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's Islamist Justice and Construction Party said on Tuesday its five ministers, including the oil minister, would resign from the government, complicating Prime Minister Ali Zeidan's efforts to stabilize the OPEC nation.

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

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