Since the incoming UN Special Representative to Libya Ghassan Salamé set out an ‘Action Plan’ in September 2017, he has come up against the same problems as his predecessors. Over the past eight months agreements have been made and unmade, talks have broken down or been postponed, security issues have reared their heads.

Fundamental political divisions persist. But, amid the uncertainty, there is hope that some small forward steps towards agreement on the UN roadmap might stick despite a recent spike in terrorist attacks. (CONTINUED - 1123 WORDS)