Several rounds of ethnic clashes and a string of bombings were not enough to dampen the spirits of Abdurrahim El-Keib, Libya’s outgoing Prime Minister. “We are seeing the birth of a new Libya that is as beautiful as the waves of the sea,” he told TIME.
In the wide-ranging interview, Keib said that recent bombings that struck the country’s three largest cities — including the latest attack on Tripoli — were the work not of jihadists but of loyalists of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi — with help from neighboring countries. He said he was not overly concerned by the loyalists. “They are a nuisance and they are living in a state of denial,” he said.
Rather than focusing on the actions of a disgruntled few, Keib spoke of Libya’s “social mosaic.”
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