By Ahmed Elumami TUNIS (Reuters) - Libya's internationally recognised government said on Monday it would launch a new state news agency to replace the one seized by armed factions that have set up a parallel government. Three years after rebels overthrew Muammar Gaddafi, the major oil-producing state is slipping towards anarchy. It has had two governments and parliaments since former insurgents from the western city of Misrata took over the capital Tripoli in August, naming their own prime minister and forcing the formally constituted government to move 1,000 km (65 miles) to the east. The new Tripoli rulers have appropriated several ministries and state television, cementing their grip even though the United Nations and Western powers recognise only Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni's administration, now based in Bayda. Read More http://ift.tt/1tyhIM4
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