monitors will watch over a nearly six-month-old cease-fire agreement in Libya, the U.N. Security Council decided in a vote announced Friday, as the country heads toward December elections after a decade of fighting and upheaval. The measure also urges all foreign forces and mercenaries to get out of the country, as was supposed to happen months ago. The country didn't get to vote on them, as it isn't a member of the 15-nation council. The U.N. estimated in December there were at least 20,000 foreign fighters and mercenaries in Libya, including Syrians, Russians, Sudanese and Chadians. The Security Council resolution also demands all countries fully comply with a decade-long U.N. arms embargo on Libya.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 17, 2021 01:17 UTC