Africa Business Radio

Libya’s ruling presidential council has suspended Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush for administrative violations and barred her from travelling. A spokeswoman for the council says the three-member body suspended Mangoush on Saturday for carrying out the foreign policy without coordination with the council. Libya’s transitional Government of National Unity rejected the council’s decision in a statement early on Sunday. It says that the presidential council has no legal right to appoint or cancel the appointment of members of the executive authority, suspend them or investigate them adding that these powers are exclusive to the prime minister.