The Libyan Prime Minister Abdurrahim el-Keib voted in the first national election in 60 years on Saturday, a poll designed to shake off the legacy of Muammar Gaddafi, but which risks being hijacked by autonomy demands in the east and unrest in the desert south.

"Fantastic. It is a well deserved feeling for all the Libyans and they are going to surprise the world as they did during the revolution," El-Keib said on Saturday. [Reuters]