Libya to call international conference ahead of scheduled elections

Libya’s President Mohamed Younis Menfi addresses the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (Mary Altaffer/AP)

After a no-confidence vote in Libya’s transitional government this week added to uncertainty ahead of key elections in December, one of its leaders said the government would hold an international conference next month on trying to keep the political process on track.

Mohammad Younes Menfi, who chairs Libya’s three-member Presidential Council, announced the plan but gave few specifics at the UN General Assembly meeting of world leaders.