UN envoy says Libya at ‘significant’ juncture as political roadmap stalls

The UN’s top envoy for Libya said Wednesday that a stalled political progress, deteriorating economy and persistent institutional divisions are pushing the country toward deeper instability, Anadolu reports. “We are not where we would like to be in terms of progress on the roadmap,” Hanna Tetteh told the UN Security Council, cautioning that some Libyan actors continue to sidestep public expectations and democratic accountability. Tetteh expressed concern that structures established outside existing political agreements are undermining UN-led efforts to reunify state institutions. She warned that allowing the situation to persist without pressure for change was counterproductive. “Conducting business as usual under the current circumstances inadvertently legitimizes the status quo rather than incentivizing serious negotiations and encouraging the necessary compromises to […]