UN Seeks Libya Peace Talks as More Than 140,000 Flee Conflict
Source: Bloomberg
By Salma El Wardany Sep 22, 2014 1:02 PM ET
More than 140,000 people have fled conflict areas in Libya since fighting between feuding militias started weeks ago, the United Nations said, as it sought to convene the first talks aimed at halting the conflict.
The rapidly deteriorating security situation is causing new waves of displacement, particularly on the western outskirts of the capital, Tripoli, and in the eastern city of Benghazi, where fighting has killed dozens of people, according to a joint statement from the UN Refugee Agency and its World Food Programme.
Separately, the UN mission on Libya said on its website yesterday that it has proposed an initial round of dialogue between the warring parties on Sept. 29.
Rival militias have been fighting for more than seven weeks in the worst unrest since 2011, when an uprising toppled longtime leader Muammar Qaddafi. Since then the country has slid into chaos as armed militias defy central control, while deep political divisions have led to the emergence of two rival parliaments and governments.
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CJCRANE
(18,184 posts)to help these people.
jamzrockz
(1,333 posts)Right now its just a tool for western govts to overthrow non compliant leaders. Where is P2P for the east Ukrainian suffering under the coup govt? or for the Bahrain people who rose up during the arab spring? the govt brutally cracked down on them and nobody gave a fuck.
Amonester
(11,541 posts)as in "two rival parliaments and governments" suggests.
jamzrockz
(1,333 posts)But we did not listen, now we have Iraq 2.0 on our hands. The country was flying high with Gaddafi in power, now its shit. But wait, we can still repeat our disastrous interventionist foreign policy on Syria and when it goes wrong, we sit around wondering what we did wrong.