The final round of talks in Egypt concluded without a breakthrough, UN special adviser on Libya Stephanie Williams said. Rival Libyan factions have failed to reach an agreement after wrapping up a third round of UN-mediated talks in Egypt, the United Nations said on Monday, further complicating international efforts to find a way out of the country’s decade-old chaos. During the talks in Cairo, the east-based legislators called for allowing military personnel to run in a subsequent vote. The oil-rich Libya has been racked by conflict since a NATO-backed uprising toppled and killed longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. The country was then for years split between rival administrations in the east and the west, each supported by different armed groups and foreign governments.

Source: Libya Today June 20, 2022 12:46 UTC