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Changing tack, UN to seek a ‘unified Libyan government’ before elections

Security personnel affiliated with Tripoli's Ministry of Interior stand guard on August 16, 2023, after clashes between armed factions killed 55 people [Hazem Ahmed/Reuters]

After calling for elections in Libya ahead of government unification for years, the United Nations now says unification should come before voting.

Its Libya envoy, Abdoulaye Bathily, said on Tuesday that it is imperative stakeholders agree on a unified government that could then lead Libya into elections.

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