Libya reels from assassination, oil strikes and central bank turmoil

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The violence has shaken claims of stability and placed further pressure on Libya’s divided authorities Libya was plunged into fresh turmoil this week after a car bomb killed eastern military intelligence chief Fawzi al-Mansouri in Benghazi, drone attacks struck the country’s largest operational oil refinery and the central bank governor resigned from his post. Mansouri, the military intelligence chief for forces controlling eastern Libya, was leaving a mosque on Monday night when an explosive de