Islamist camp controlling Tripoli refuses to sign UN-backed Libya deal

Islamist camp controlling Tripoli refuses to sign UN-backed Libya deal

Special to WorldTribune.com Islamists who control Tripoli have refused to join other Libyan political leaders in signing a UN-brokered power-sharing deal. The deal was signed on July 11 in Morocco by the internationally recognized government in Tobruk and representatives of municipal councils. The General National Congress and its allied Libya Dawn militia, who seized control […]

Rival factions expected to sign UN agreement on Libyan unity government

Rival factions expected to sign UN agreement on Libyan unity government

Special to WorldTribune.com Libya’s two rival governments are expected to endorse a UN-brokered unity government following a meeting Sunday on neutral territory in Morocco. The North African nation, beset by chaos, instability and violence since Col. Moammar Gadhafi was overthrown in 2011, had been split into two governments, one based in Tripoli and one in […]