In a week when US president Barack Obama described the failure to properly prepare for the 2011 ousting of Libyan leader Colonel Mu’ammar al-Qadhafi as the greatest error of his presidency, the new Western-backed government in Tripoli faces huge challenges if it is to establish its legitimacy in the conflict-torn country.

Asked in an interview on US television channel Fox News on 11 April what he considered to be his “worst mistake,” Mr Obama replied: “probably failing to plan for the day after…in intervening in Libya.” (CONTINUED - 1390 WORDS)