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 by Staff Writers Brussels (AFP) April 10, 2019
NATO is "deeply concerned" by the escalating violence in Libya, alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday, calling on all sides to stop fighting as a deadly power struggle rages. As the battle between armed groups for control of Tripoli intensified, Stoltenberg urged the rivals to support UN efforts to broker a truce. "We are deeply concerned by the situation in Libya. We call on all parties to end the fighting, as called for by the United Nations," Stoltenberg said in a statement. "The current military operation and advance on Tripoli are increasing the suffering of the Libyan people and putting civilian lives at risk." Libya has been riven by divisions since the NATO-backed overthrow of dictator Moamer Kadhafi in 2011, with various armed groups and two parallel governments vying for territory and oil wealth. Heavy arms fire was heard during much of the night on the southeastern outskirts of Tripoli as strongman Khalifa Haftar's forces pressed an assault aimed at taking the capital from the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA). Haftar's self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA), which controls swathes of the country's east, appears to be advancing on two fronts, from the south and southeast of Tripoli, while coastal roads to the east and west of the city are defended by fighters loyal to the GNA. Stoltenberg insisted "there is no military solution to the situation in Libya" and called on all parties to pursue the political path instead.
EU suggests ending members' veto on fossil fuel taxes Brussels (AFP) April 9, 2019 The European Union suggested Tuesday ending the veto power its member governments can wield to block taxes on fossil fuels as it promoted energy policies to curb climate change. The European Commission, the 28-nation EU's executive arm, proposed that energy taxes be voted by qualified majority rather than unanimity. "Energy taxation should support the clean energy transition. This is not the case today," the EU's energy commissioner Miguel Arias Canete said in Brussels. "There is a very clea ... read more
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