09-03-2016 09:35 via news.yahoo.com

Tripoli volatile as push for unity government stalls

By Aidan Lewis and Ahmed Elumami TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Five years after the uprising that overthrew Muammar Gaddafi, Tripoli is on edge, somewhere between peace and war. It is here that a unity government nominated abroad under a U.N.-backed plan is hoping to set up shop. Both speak for some of the armed factions that hold real power in Libya, and are scared of losing influence, protection and access to the country's rapidly dwindling financial resources in a political transition.
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