Libyan sides sign countrywide ceasefire deal, UN says

Stephanie Williams, acting special representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)

The United Nations says the two sides in Libyan military talks have reached an “historic achievement” with a permanent ceasefire agreement across the war-torn North African country.

After mediation led by UN envoy Stephanie Turco Williams this week, the 5+5 Joint Military Commission reached what the United Nations called an “important turning point towards peace and stability in Libya”.