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UNSMIL head Abdoulaye Bathily struggles to get politicians in same room

UNSMIL head Abdoulaye Bathily in Tripoli on 11 March 2023. © Mahmud Turkia / AFP

Bathily cannot get Libyan decision-makers to come together to move forward on organising the next elections. [...]

Published on 18.12.2023 at 04:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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