Ten years have passed since the uprising that toppled Libya’s dictator Muammar el-Qaddafi. Ever since, the country has been riven by civil war, with foreign countries entering the fray and providing military support to their preferred factions. Economic and political instability have become the norm for this failed state. The United Nations has tried numerous times to bring the warring factions together to achieve a political solution to the conflict. Its efforts have not produced the desired result to date.
Now the United Nations is holding out hope for a newly formed interim government created by UN-brokered negotiations among a 74-member Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF). Participants included Libyan political leaders and representatives from Libya’s plethora of tribes and regional factions.