Libya Update

Negotiations Run Aground, Threatening Political and Economic Stalemate

A fragile ceasefire signed in October is holding in Libya, and thus far renewed conflict has been averted. But tensions remain high, especially as the year is about to end with no substantial progress in political and economic negotiations that were supposed to pave the way for reunifying a country that has been divided in two, with rival governments and parallel financial and military institutions, since 2014. UN-mediated talks to appoint a unity government are faltering, as delegates have so far failed to agree on how to choose candidates for senior positions. A temporary deal on oil revenues in September enabled the resumption of production and exports and helped de-escalate military tensions in central Libya. But that agreement is unravelling, and new and even more serious financial troubles could ensue. As the window of opportunity for political and economic reconciliation appears to be closing, negotiations risk producing an unstable stalemate that could give rise to a new round of violence.

Can Another Shaky Truce in Libya Actually Hold?

Nearly a decade into Libya’s grinding civil war, it seems next to impossible to imagine stability, let alone a political settlement. The country is as torn as ever between the U.N.-recognized Government of National Accord in Tripoli, which is backed militarily by Turkey, and the rival forces loyal to Gen. Khalifa Haftar’s breakaway Libyan National Army, backed by a motley crew of Russia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and France.

Dix pays d’Afrique francophone renforcent leurs capacités régionales dans la lutte contre les stupéfiants

L’Organe international de contrôle des stupéfiants (OICS) a commencé cette semaine une activité de formation dont bénéficient 43 fonctionnaires en charge du contrôle des stupéfiants de dix pays d’Afrique francophone.

Du 7 au 14 décembre 2020, des fonctionnaires du Burkina Faso, du Cameroun, de la République centrafricaine, de la République démocratique du Congo, du Gabon, de la Guinée, du Maroc, du Niger, du Sénégal et du Togo participent à des séances visant à renforcer le respect des trois conventions internationales relatives au contrôle des drogues.

Au Tigré, accord ONU-Ethiopie pour des missions conjointes d’évaluation humanitaire

Les deux parties avaient déjà conclu il y a une semaine un premier accord censé garantir un accès « sans restrictions » à la province du nord du pays. Sans succès.

Un nouvel accord est intervenu entre l’ONU et l’Ethiopie pour organiser des missions conjointes d’évaluation au Tigré afin d’acheminer de l’aide humanitaire, a annoncé mercredi 9 décembre le secrétaire général des Nations unies Antonio Guterres.