Libya's Bashagha to hold cabinet meeting in Sebha

Fathi Bashagha, designated as prime minister by the parliament, looks on during an interview over the phone with Reuters, in Tobruk, Libya March 2, 2022. Picture taken March 2, 2022. Media office of the new government/via REUTERS /File Photo

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's parliament-appointed prime minister, Fathi Bashagha, will hold a first meeting of his cabinet in the southern city of Sebha on Thursday, his spokesman said on Wednesday.

The eastern-based parliament appointed Bashagha in March but the sitting prime minister, Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah, refused to cede power leading to a prolonged standoff between the two rival governments.