Libya’s shaky financial position, looming humanitarian crisis and the inability of State authorities to provide services have created a “vicious cycle” where groups with vested interests are trying to step in and undermine the Government, the United Nations envoy to the north African warned on Wednesday.
Acts that undermine the Libyan State must not become the ‘new normal,’ UN Security Council told
- 21 March 2018
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