Diplomats from the United States (US), the European Union (EU), the African Union (AU), the Arab League, the United Nations (UN), and others have met in Rome to try to bring peace to Libya.
They called on Libya’s rivaling factions to sign a unity government deal on Wednesday, proposed by the UN. The north African nation has been gripped by violence since then-President Moammar Gadhafi was ousted and killed in 2011.
At the moment, Libya has two rivaling parliaments. The General National Congress, based in Triploi, a loose alliance of militias including Islamists, and the internationally-recognized House of Representatives, which the GNC overran last year. It’s now operating out of Tobruk in the East.
The international community fears this divide and the tension, unless resolved, will create a power vacuum, filled by filled by ISIL, also known as Da’esh.
