Egypt and Saudi Arabia are seeking ways to help Libya attain its stability as the north African country heads to a presidential election next week. On Thursday Egypt's chief diplomat Sameh Shukry and his Saudi counterpart Faisal bin Farhan in Cairo said it was important for the Libyan presidential elections to go ahead as scheduled. In a joint news conference, Shukry and Farhan said it was important for the Libyan presidential elections to go ahead as scheduled. The vote, scheduled for Dec. 24, is to choose Libya's first president since the ouster and killing of longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi more than a decade ago. But critics warn that going ahead with the vote now could throw the country into new violence.

Source: The North Africa Journal December 17, 2021 12:17 UTC