Libya gets new unified government as corruption allegations swirl
by Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor from World news | The Guardian on (#5F5T3)
Move follows almost a decade of division, with no stable government since fall of Gaddafi in 2011
Libya's parliament has brushed aside allegations of corruption to endorse a new, unified government in which a woman was appointed as foreign minister for the first time.
Libya has been unable to form a stable unified government since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, with divisions between the east and west of the country leading to fighting and institutionalised division.
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