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Libya
Dabaiba and Menfi battle it out for new diplomatic posts

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Libyan prime minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba (left) and the president of the Presidential Council Mohamed el-Menfi.
Libyan prime minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba (left) and the president of the Presidential Council Mohamed el-Menfi. © Abdelhamid Dabaiba/Twitter/Eric Tschaen/Pool/AbacaPress/Reuters

With the 24 December deadline for the elections approaching, the two heads of the Libyan executive, Abdelhamid Dabaiba and Mohamed al-Menfi, are each trying to place their loyalists in embassies.

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