UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrives in Libya, nation split by militia violence, politics
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U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has arrived in Libya's capital of Tripoli to urge rival groups to resolve the bloody rift that has left their oil-rich North African nation deeply split with two separate parliaments and governments.
Ban's visit Saturday is his first to Libya and comes after the U.N. launched a dialogue late last month to mediate between the warring Libyan groups.
Libya witnessed a spasm of violence this summer when militias mainly from the western city of Misrata and groups allied to Islamists swept through the capital, backing the country's previous parliament.
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Meanwhile, Libya's newly elected parliament and government backed by non-Islamists, driven out of the capital, have been meeting in the country's east.
Ban plans to meet with lawmakers from the rival parliaments during his visit.