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Libya rifts deepen as new PM named, incumbent refuses to yield

Libyan interim Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha, newly named by the Libyan parliament, arrives at Mitiga International Airport, in Tripoli, Libya February 10, 2022. REUTERS/Hazem Ahmed

Libya's divisions seemed poised to deepen on Thursday as the eastern-based parliament named a new prime minister, with the incumbent refusing to step aside.

The move threatens to plunge Libya back to the split between two warring, parallel administrations that governed from 2014 until a unity government was installed last year as part of a U.N.-backed peace plan.

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