Libyas hope for peace

Libya has long been a country known for its ongoing internal conflict. Although Libya has been on shaky for a while now, some would say that it has gotten extremely worse ever since the assassination of Muammar Ghadafi in 2011. Libya has never been able to establish a sustainable governing force to support its people, making the country essentially lawless. Libya currently has two competing political parties. One is the UN backed Government for National accord or (GNA) whom which is motivated by western countries. Then there is Khalifa Haftar’s armed forces that is a more natural Libyan based political movement. Both political parties have the interest and support of many outside countries. Russia, Turkey, UAE, and more countries support the Khalifa led army and the Tobruk based parliament in their quest to take full control over the country and implement their style of government.On the other hand the UN countries in Europe and the United states are backing the Government of national accord. While all of this is happening Libya's people sit and pray, just hoping that their country will soon know peace and stability. It is estimated that Libyans are in poverty at a 33% rate. Most data is inaccurate simply because Libya is in such a fractured and dangerous state and that makes it hard for censuses and other data collected surveys to be distributed to most or all citizens.Libya also is a country where asylum seeking global citizens come to seek refugee, while they are safer than where they have come from, they overall contribute to the low quality of life in Libya and the crime rate.There is no clear direction for a citizen in Libya except to survive. Until a sustainable government takes control of the countries problems, Libya and its citizens will continue to hope for better days.

Sources: https://www.usip.org/publications/2020/07/four-things-know-about-libyas-conflict-and-foreign-interference https://www.usip.org/publications/2021/02/libya-amid-hope-peace-regional-rifts-still-pose-hurdles https://www.wfp.org/countries/libya#:~:text=Gripped%20since%202011%20by%20a,in%20need%20of%20humanitarian%20assistance