No end in sight to Libya crisis after UN envoy quits
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The abrupt resignation of the United Nations special envoy for Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, is the latest sign of the failure of reconciliation efforts in the war-torn North African country, analysts told AFP.
The Senegalese diplomat, who on Tuesday tendered his resignation after only 18 months at the helm of the UN support mission UNSMIL, has repeatedly accused rival leaders of perpetuating divisions to serve their own interests.
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the diplomat decried a "lack of political will and good faith by the major Libyan actors who are comfortable with the current stalemate".