PREPARING FOR ELECTIONS

FRANCE, Germany, Italy, the US and

Britain urged Libya to start preparations to meet the deadline for holding elections, which is hoped will help the country exit a decade of crisis. Libya’s interim government, which came into being in March through a Un-backed inter-libyan dialogue, is mandated to lead the country to elections on December 24, but formal preparations have not yet started. The interim government replaced two rival administrations based in Tripoli and the country’s east. | AFP