Libya's Government of National Accord officially handed power over to a new interim government in Tripoli on March 16, the day after Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibeh's cabinet was sworn in by the House of Representatives [12] in the eastern city of Tobruk. This is the fruit of a long and complicated UN-led process [7] with multi-track negotiations. The new leadership faces multiple challenges, including holding elections and restoring much-needed government services. It also needs to unite a country that has largely been in chaos since the overthrow of Muammar Qaddafi, helped by NATO's decision (exactly 10 years ago) to intervene. The new cabinet contains five women [8], including the ministers of foreign affairs and justice. Together they make up 15% of the leadership—not the 30% delegates to the UN process had promised. But many Libyan women are viewing this as at least a step in the right direction [9].
From The New Humanitarian [13], March 19.
The new Government of National Unity (GNU [14]) is to be the first unified government in Libya since the country was effectively divided [15] in 2014. See our last posts on the struggle in Libya [16] and the peace plan [17].
