Tag: Conflict
Libya: UNSMIL’s Process hits a Hard Rock in Tobruk
UNSMIL’s Political Agreement that was signed on 17 Dec. 2015, by representatives of the HoR and some MPs from eastern Libya who were not mandated by the GNC continues to face an uphill journey. Although the Political Agreement stipulates that...
Leon’s Libyan Dialogue Encounters Hurdles along the Road to Geneva
UNSMIL announced over the weekend that a new round of Libyan political dialogue would take place in Geneva on Wednesday 14 January, this week. Despite the shuttle diplomacy effort, that Bernardino Leon seems to have carried out to consult with...
Tunisia: Bloody Attack on Presidential Guard Prompts Stringent Security Measures
The bloody attack in Tunis on 24 November, which killed a dozen presidential guards, prompted a series of new security measures from the government. The Tunisian government raised the security alert to the highest (third) level, including an 8-hour curfew...
Lybia: Kobler takes over Leon’s unfinished Job
German career diplomat Martin Kobler has taken over the duties of Bernardino Leon as UN envoy to Libya. The change came following what Libyan affairs observers considered a Libya-gate scandal in the wake of the leaked emails of Leon, obtained...
Tunisia: Nidaa Tounes on the Brink of Disintegration?
The crisis within the ruling party Nidaa Tounes over the holding of a constituent congress meeting persists. The power struggle over the leadership of the party between what have come to be called the Leftist camp and the Destourian camp...
Tunisia: Crisis at Nidaa Tounes Party
Until recently limited to political differences, the crisis within Nidaa Tounes party turned violent and when a group of thugs attacked a hotel, where the executive bureau of the party was preparing to hold a meeting, at Hammamat, last Sunday....
Libya: Leon’s Dialogue Process?
Roughly two weeks after the end of the term of the Tobruk House of Representatives (HoR) on 20 October, UNSMIL has not been able to convince the conflict parties in Tobruk and Tripoli to sign the proposed draft agreement. A...
Tunisia: Government’s Difficulty to impose its Imams in Mosques
The government’s decision to close around 80 mosques and replace over 100 imams, in the aftermath of the Bardo and Sousse bloody attacks continues to cause tensions within communities, as well as between Islamist organisations and the government. The latest...