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There are signs that the two rival governments are trying to work together in the disaster relief effort.

BENGHAZI, March 1 — Libya’s Parliament Speaker Aguila Saleh said today the chamber had approved a new government under Fathi Bashagha after holding a vote, which was broadcast on television. The move thrusts Libya into a new crisis with the incumbent interim government, which has said it will...

As the popular refrain of “ ash-shab yurid isqat an-nizam” rang out across the Middle East in the early months of 2011, the nature of political life and relations between rulers and ruled began to fragment. The chant – which roughly translates as “the people want the fall of the regime” – became the slogan of the Arab uprisings, a wave of protests in states across the region. The uprisings highlighted the fractious nature of political life and relations between the people and their governments, resulting in the toppling of authoritarian rulers in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen. ...

The underlying issues of inequality, corruption and poverty are still dogging the region, ten years after the protests.