Beans or brioche - breakfast is divisive in Libyan conflict


  • World
  • Friday, 03 May 2019

A man prepares a bean sandwich at a restaurant in Benghazi, Libya April 29, 2019. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Coffee and a pastry covered in chocolate, honey and almonds or a savoury bean stew sandwich with juice or a fizzy drink.

What you have for breakfast has come to symbolise the divisions in Libya where regions, tribes, armed groups and towns with different traditions have been vying for power since Muammar Gaddafi was toppled in 2011.

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