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GENEVA (AP) — Delegates from Libya’s opposing sides kicked off a five-day meeting on...

By Press Association 2021 Stephanie Williams, acting special representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission speaks during a news conference in Tunis, Tunisia (Walid Haddad/AP) Delegates from Libya’s opposing sides kick off a five-day meeting on Monday to choose an interim prime minister and a three-person presidency council, in a crucial bid to reunite the troubled oil-rich country before an election in December. The Libyan political dialogue forum, including envoys from around Libya, meets under...

Libya’s future hangs in the balance at UN-recognised leadership vote Al Jazeera English © The warring factions also agreed a national referendum would be held on constitutional arrangements ... The warring factions also agreed a national referendum would be held on constitutional arrangements [File: Fethi Belaid/AFP] Delegates from Libya’s opposing sides have kicked off a five-day meeting to choose an interim prime minister and a three-member presidency council in a crucial bid to reunite the troubled oil-rich country before an election in December. The Libyan Political...

Delegates from Libya’s opposing sides have kicked off a five-day meeting to choose an interim prime minister and a three-member presidency council in a crucial bid to reunite the troubled oil-rich country before an election in December. The Libyan Political Dialogue Forum, which includes envoys from around Libya, met on Monday under UN mediation in an undisclosed site outside Geneva in hopes of stabilizing a country that has been largely lawless since Muammar Gadaffi’s fall and killing in 2011. The gathering, which will select from an agreed list of candidates, caps a process begun in Ber...

Fragile Progress toward a Unity Government for Libya Despite a reported breakthrough in mid-January, there are still many steps to take before an interim unity government can emerge in Libya. The country has been divided in two, between two parallel governments and military coalitions that have been intermittently at war, since 2014. Participants in the 75-member forum that the UN assembled to bring the two back together agreed on an internal voting mechanism for appointing top officials. But the complicated voting process could easily trigger further disputes. Moreover, rival Libyan faction...