19/08/2013 09:34
Mohammed Khalifa al-Sheikh, Libya's Interior Minister, resigns
Libya's Interior Minister, Mohammed Khalifa al-Sheikh, has resigned only three months after taking up the post, the BBC reports.
Mr Sheikh said he lacked support of Prime Minister Ali Zeidan and complained of interference by members of the General National Congress (GNC).
The interior ministry has come under pressure to deal with violence that has plagued Libya since the 2011 uprising that toppled Muammar Gaddafi.
Mr Sheikh is the second cabinet minister to quit in the past two weeks.
Awadh al-Barassi resigned as deputy prime minister on 4 August.
He said the government had failed to deal with the unrest, win the people's trust, and provide state agencies with adequate resources.