Moussa Koussa: Libya could become 'a new Somalia'

Libya's most high-profile minister to flee the regime has called on all sides in the conflict to stop his country becoming "a new Somalia".

Speaking publicly for the first time since coming to the UK, Moussa Koussa said: "The unity of Libya is essential to any solution and settlement."

He told the BBC: "I ask everybody to avoid taking Libya into civil war."

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