Libya's Prime Minister, Ali Zeidan, has announced his proposal for a new cabinet.

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Libya's Prime Minster, Ali Zeidan, is expected to name his proposed cabinet for approval by the General National Congress today.

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The potential role and responsibilities of a new Benghazi office for Libya's energy authorities, the Ministry of Oil and Gas and the National Oil Corporation (NOC), has generated strong reactions in recent weeks.

Libya's new prime minister, Ali Zeidan, has two weeks to name his cabinet and submit it for approval by the national assembly.

The rejection of two cabinets proposed by Mustafa Abu Shagour augurs poorly for any quick progress on major economic initiatives or infrastructure projects.

Yesterday's no-confidence vote in the General National Congress (GNC) saw Abu Shagour removed as prime minister less than three weeks after the same assembly elected him through a run-off poll against Mahmoud Jibril.

What happened to more than 27 tonnes of gold that allegedly disappeared when the Gaddafi regime fell last year?

A report in Lebanon’s Ad-Diar newspaper claims to quote Abdullah Senussi, the former head of intelligence under Muammar Gaddafi, as saying that “huge quantities” of the precious metal are buried in a secret location in the Libyan desert.

Last week’s attack on the US diplomatic mission in Benghazi, which killed US ambassador Chris Stevens, is the most significant security incident to have taken place in Libya since the end of the 2011 conflict.

It had an immediate impact on business, with airspace temporarily closed, trade delegations postponed and expatriates relocated to Tripoli or overseas.

Mustafa Abu Shagour, the incumbent Deputy Prime Minister, was elected as Libya's new premier on 12 September after defeating Mahmoud Jibril in a close-run vote in the national assembly.

The US ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens, was killed on 11 September in what appeared to be an organised and well-armed attack on the US diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya's second city.