Libyan lawmakers leave Cairo without reconciling — but talks to resume in May

Rival Libyan lawmakers concluded UN-brokered talks in Cairo without reaching an agreement on a way forward to national elections, the UN said yesterday. The weeklong talks brought together lawmakers from Libya’s east-based parliament — which has called upon incumbent prime minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah to step down — and from the Tripoli-based High Council of State, which continues to back Dbeibeh and his government.

The officials agreed to reconvene next month after Eid Al Fitr, AP quoted the UN’s special adviser on Libya, Stephanie Williams, as saying.