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Libya
Aguila Saleh Issa taking great strides to save Bashagha

The Speaker of the House of Representatives in Tobruk, Aguila Saleh Issa. © Abdullah Doma/AFP

The speaker of the East Libyan House of Representatives, beacon of Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha's political alliance, hopes to travel to Turkey soon and is in talks with the chairman of the High Council of State, who changed political colours in February. [...]

Published on 23/05/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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