UN: Libyan Government to Be Installed in Tripoli within Days

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The head of the UN mission in Libya, Martin Kobler, said the North African country's new unity government will be installed in the capital Tripoli within days.

Libya has had two governments and two parliaments, with the General National Congress run by rebels in the capital and the internationally-recognized administration in Tobruk.

Kobler made the announcement after a ministerial meeting attended by representatives from neighboring states in Tunis on Tuesday.

He further stated that although an exact date had not been set yet, he was certain the installment would take place "in a matter of days not weeks."

Libya has been grappling with violence and political uncertainty since the oil-rich country's former dictator Muammar Gaddafi was deposed in 2011 under NATO airstrikes and later killed by militants.

Relatively, Faez al-Sarraj, the premier in waiting, described the spread of Takfiri terrorism in the country as a "cancer," calling for a quick response.

He is expected to be the new prime minister under an agreement reached between rival parties last December.

Libya's current government, however, opposed the UN-sponsored unity government just last week, dampening hopes of an improvement in the situation.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team