tim eaton, hello, libya expert at chatham house.— tim eaton, hello, libya expert at. about the political instability. _ about the political instability. libya has been in a political stalemate for a number of years now. the last _ stalemate for a number of years now. the last point at which libya had a government which was recognised by all is 2014 _ government which was recognised by all is 2014. we have had outbreaks of violence. — all is 2014. we have had outbreaks of violence, a second and third wave effectively _ of violence, a second and third wave effectively of civil war. since 2021, — effectively of civil war. since 2021, while a unity government was created. _ 2021, while a unity government was created. it — 2021, while a unity government was created, it was supposed to bring the country to elections but it has focused _ the country to elections but it has focused instead on sustaining itself and the _ focused instead on sustaining itself and the political recriminations have _ and the political recriminations have gone on and on among rival leaders _ have g

tim eaton is a senior research fellow from london think—tank chatham house focussing on the politicalct in libya. in terms of what is going on, it is a politically complicated situation thatis a politically complicated situation that is impacting the circumstances for people who are finding themselves desperate for help. figs themselves desperate for help. sis your themselves desperate for help. is your correspondent mansion, it is a complex political situation. libya has been soak in a political quagmire for eight or nine years, and even though there has been no major outbreak of violence since 2020, sporadic violence has taken place. there has been no settlement to that conflict. we have a government based in tripoli which is recognisably the international community, but opposed by many. and a rival government base in the easter continues to contend it should govern the country, and we see mediation efforts to form a new government or to bring libya two elections. effectively what we seen over recent years is them tightening its grip and be unwilling to give up its grip and be unwill

tim eaton, a senior research fellow from london think—tank chatham house, says the political complexitylitical situation. libya has effectively been stuck in a political quagmire now for at least eight, nine years. and, really, even though there has been no major outbreak of violence since 2020, sporadic violence has taken place. but there's been no settlement, really, to that conflict. we have a government that's based in tripoli that is recognised by the international community, but opposed by many and a rival government based in the east that continues to contend that it should govern the country. and amid this, we see mediation efforts to form a new government or to bring libya to elections. but effectively, what we've really seen over recent years is a political lead...kind of tighten its grip on power and being unwilling to give up that power. and usually when we're talking about these things in relation to libya, that comes across as outbreaks of violence from armed groups. but the hidden costs of these dynamics of public money being taken away from infrastructure, from a lack of