TUNIS : The United Nations Envoy to Libya said alternative mechanisms might have to be used if rival sides cannot find a solution to the country's political crisis. Libya has had little peace since the 2011 NATO-backed uprising that ousted Muammar Gaddafi and led to a 2014 split between warring eastern and western factions. As Libya's political divisions have intensified this year, some of the political progress that had been made after a ceasefire between the main warring sides in 2020 has been undone. After the 2020 ceasefire, they agreed to hold elections on Dec. 24 2021 and installed a new unity government that was meant to reunify divided national institutions. It declared a new administration but the unity government refused to cede power and was still recognised by the United Nations and Western countries.

Source: Libya Today December 16, 2022 20:54 UTC