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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
Angus McDowall

Libya's politics are broken but war not seen as inevitable

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah speaks after submitting his candidacy papers for the upcoming presidential election at the headquarters of the electoral commission in Tripoli, Libya November 21, 2021. REUTERS/Hazem Ahmed/File Photo/File Photo

Libya's political jostling is intensifying as the parliament prepares to announce a new prime minister despite the incumbent's refusal to step down, further undermining an already faltering U.N.-backed peace process.

The manoeuvring comes after December's collapse of a planned election that was the centrepiece of the peace push, with rival factions now competing over control of government and what will happen next.

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