Libya needs help to create stability and a government

Libya continues to fester like an open wound – the pain of it being most urgently felt by Libyans. The repercussions of the Libyan quandary, however, affect neighbouring countries in Africa. A short distance north, European states are beginning to look at the country’s problems with more urgency. But will the international community assist Libya from amid the abyss – or will it wait, until it is too late to save Libyans from an even worse calamity?

The question is not whether Libya will enter a dark phase. That has already happened. The United Nations Special Representative for Libya, Bernardino Leon, has been trying to put forward a plan to form a national unity government for months. His self-imposed deadline has just passed.

The opening of the article. The full text is at The National.