UN Special Envoy for Libya Abdoulaye Bathily said on Monday that unity is needed amid what he called “unilateral and competing initiatives” by Libyan parties on the reconstruction of Derna and other flood-impacted areas. He urged Libya's rival authorities and their international partners to allow the mechanism to be set up to ensure “transparency and accountability”. Following the disaster, there were calls from within and outside Libya for an international investigation, reflecting the deep public mistrust in state institutions. The country’s east and south have been under the control of general Khalifa Haftar and his Libyan National Army, which is allied with a parliament-confirmed government. “I call on all governmental institutions and political parties to be neutral on the Derna reconstruction file from the political conflict.”

Source: Libya Today October 03, 2023 10:46 UTC