Top diplomats from Libya’s neighboring countries and beyond were meeting in the Algerian capital on Thursday amid intensifying international efforts to end the conflict tearing apart the oil-rich North African country. All but Mali border Libya, and all have suffered fallout from the fighting between Libya’s U.N.-backed leadership based in Tripoli and eastern-based forces led by Gen. Khalifa Hifter. Germany’s top diplomat was also taking part in the meeting in Algeria after his country hosted a Libya peace summit on Sunday. Maas said Sunday’s summit managed to win support from “key actors” for efforts to end the proxy conflict, nine years after long-term Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi was deposed. “For this, the persistent pressure of all international partners on the conflict parties is required,” Maas said.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 23, 2020 11:26 UTC