The United Nations is set to host a second day of talks between Libya’s conflicting factions in the Tunisian capital, Tunis, with the aim of creating a “unified” army in a country wracked by internal divisions and a jihadist threat.
The UN brokered a power-sharing deal last year to form a Government of National Accord (GNA), but the body is still struggling to assert its authority.
“All Libya’s problems today are tied up to the security issue,” said Martin Kobler, head of the UN’s support mission in the country.
“Libya cannot be united as long as it has several armies,” he said at the end of the first day’s meeting, which also touched on humanitarian issues.
The GNA arrived in the capital three months ago, but a rival political authority based in the east is refusing to cede power until Libya’s elected parliament passes a repeatedly delayed vote of confidence.
