Libya’s presidential elections this year were meant to be a key marker in the oil-rich North African state’s return to stability after years of civil war. Instead, they risk unleashing more chaos as outside powers try to leverage their preferred candidates into place.
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Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi (R), Russian President Vladimir Putin (2ndL), German Chancellor Angela Merkel (2ndR) and French President Emmanuel Macron (front) talk on the sidelides of a Peace summit on Libya in Berlin on Jan. 19, 2020.
