Libya’s Presidential Council has recently announced a new government of national accord aimed at uniting the country’s warring factions under a U.N.-backed plan.The Unity Presidential Council said it had agreed on a 32-member cabinet with members drawn from across the country, as part of UN-backed process.
The council includes representatives from Libya’s two rival parliaments, which meet in the capital, Tripoli, and in the Far East, as well as delegates from other factions.
Libya has become deeply fractured since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. Since the summer of 2014 it has had two rival governments and parliaments, operating from the capital Tripoli and from the east. Both are backed by loose alliances of armed brigades of rebels who once fought Gaddafi.
Western powers hope the new government will be able to deliver stability and tackle a growing threat from Islamic State militants.
It is also unclear how and when a new government will be able to establish itself in Libya.
