The UN special envoy for Libya warned warring political actors in the country on Thursday that if they do not urgently form a unified government and move towards elections, the wealthy North African country in oil would sink into "disintegration".
A few weeks before a deadline to organize elections in Libya, the sidelining of the head of the parallel government in the East reflects the beginning of a rapprochement behind the scenes between the strong man of this region and the camp of the West, recognized by the UN, according to analysts.
“There is now a consensus that it is impossible for one side to win militarily. But, in the absence of political will to make peace, the country has been in a state of low-intensity civil war for two years.”
A leading human rights group on Monday urged the United States and Libya to explain the legal basis for the surprise extradition of a former Libyan intelligence officer accused of making the bomb that blows up Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
The UN s new special envoy for Libya warned Tuesday that the first anniversary of the postponed elections was fast approaching and that further postponement of the polls could lead the country to even greater instability, putting it "at risk of partition.