The election of a new PM has done little to defuse Libyan political tensions. Despite a conciliatory approach, negotiations to open eastern terminals may fail.

Libya’s parliament on 4 May elected Ahmad Maiteeq as the troubled country’s fifth Prime Minister since the 2011 overthrow of Mu’ammar al-Qadhafi. The vote was immediately contested, but seems likely to stand. (CONTINUED - 1003 WORDS)