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Dubaiba is set to lose his militia gamble

The worst fighting in Tripoli for 80 years has sparked protests demanding the prime minister’s exit

Anger with the Government of National Unity (GNU) of Prime Minister Abdel Hamid Dubaiba was already on the rise when one of the militia-infested capital’s most powerful chiefs, Abdel Ghani el Kikli (aka Ghneiwa), was shot dead during a meeting with the commander of the GNU’s main military force, 444 Brigade, on 12 May.

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