Libya’s parliament speaker ousted after 12 years

Libya’s parliament speaker, a supporter of eastern strongman Khalifa Haftar, was ousted on Tuesday after 12 years in the post, in what experts said may be a sign of a shifting political balance.
MPs voted to replace Agila Saleh with Al-Salhin Abdelnabi al-Obeidi, the parliament’s spokesman announced on X.
Libya has been beset by violence and instability since the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.
It remains divided between the UN-recognised government in Tripoli led by Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah, and a rival administration in the east backed by military commander Haftar.
Haftar’s camp relies in particular on the parliament, which sits in the eastern city of Benghazi und...