New Libyan PM forms government, heavy gunfire in Tripoli

By Ahmed Elumami TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's new Prime Minister Ahmed Maiteeq has formed a government pending parliamentary approval this week, officials said on Sunday, after the country went nearly two months without a functioning government. Libya, a major oil producer, badly needs a government to try to impose some authority on a country effectively ruled by the militias who helped topple Muammar Gaddafi in the 2011 revolt but now defy the state. In March, the General National Congress (GNC) assembly ousted the then prime minister Ali Zeidan over his handling of a crisis in which rebels in the eastern city of Benghazi attempted to sell oil bypassing Tripoli. Read More http://ift.tt/1t5Eg3p