This archive report was first published on 9 August 2019.
Published on August 9, 2019, the United Nations has called on forces loyal to Libya's internationally recognized government and a rival administration to commit to a humanitarian truce by midnight on Friday.
The Eid Al-Adha festival, which begins on Saturday, has prompted the UN mission in Libya to call for a ceasefire, citing the need for a humanitarian truce.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), over the past four months, 1,093 people have been killed in fighting, with forces loyal to the Government of National Accord (GNA) keeping Haftar's troops at bay on the southern outskirts of Tripoli.
UN envoy Ghassan Salame has already called several times for humanitarian truces, but to no avail. The clashes since early April have wounded 5,752 people and displaced more than 100,000, the WHO says.
Libya has been mired in chaos since a NATO-backed uprising toppled and killed longtime dictator Moamer Kadhafi in 2011.
