UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, plans to appoint a former Senegalese Minister to lead UN efforts to broker peace in Libya, according to a letter seen by Reuters on Thursday. The 15-member UN Security Council needs to agree by consensus to the appointment of Abdoulaye Bathily as the UN Special Envoy for Libya. If there are no objections, then Bathily's appointment will be approved on Friday evening, Reuters reports. Guterres had informally proposed two other people to fill the role, but the Security Council could not agree. Libya's worst fighting for two years suddenly hit the capital, Tripoli, on Saturday.

Source: Libya Today September 02, 2022 08:12 UTC