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The leaders of Libya's two rival governments have agreed to form a single unified government, signalling progress in ending a political stalemate that has persisted for more than a decade. Authorities in Uganda have reportedly halted the recent ban on sale of meat in the capital, Kampala, amid an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.
In a joint statement on Sunday, the leaders said they had agreed on the "necessity" of forming a new unified government that would supervise long-delayed elections and "unify sovereign positions". Health officials had last week imposed the ban and ordered the closure of all slaughter places to curb the spread of the outbreak.
The talks were held in Egypt's capital, Cairo, and were led by the Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit. But Minister for Kampala City and Metropolitan Affairs Minsa Kabanda on Sunday told the Daily Monitor newspaper that the ban had been halted as the government continued to assess the impact of the disease in the capital.
The negotiation involved the president of the Libyan Presidential Council and the head of the High State Council, both based in Tripoli, as well as the speaker of the House of Representatives in the rival Benghazi-based administration. Ms Kabanda however urged people to ensure that animals were tested before being slaughtered.
Libya began to fracture after the fall of long-serving ruler Col Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. Traders had opposed the ban and accused the government of failing to prevent the disease from spreading.
The country is split between the internationally recognised government in the west, led by interim Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah in Tripoli, and an administration in the east run by military strongman Khalifa Haftar in Benghazi. Foot-and-mouth disease has been reported in 40 districts across the country, according to the local media.
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