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HARDtalk: Dr. Mustafa Abushagur

Dr Mustafa Abushagur, former deputy prime minister of Libya

19/05/2016 GMT

Dr. Mustafa Abushagur

BBC World News - HARDtalk, Dr. Mustafa Abushagur

Stephen Sackur talks to Libyan politician Mustafa Abushagur.

Libya now has a UN backed government committed to restoring unity. But the political scene remains confused and I.S. jihadists pose a continued threat. Is Libya beyond salvation?

Stephen Sackur talks to Libyan politician Mustafa Abushagur, briefly Prime Minister in 2012 and a backer of the unity government. Over the last five years the Libyan state has been shattered into fragments - now it has a UN backed government committed to restoring unity. But the political scene remains confused and the jihadists from Islamic state pose a continued threat. Is Libya beyond salvation?

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