UN Security Council adopts resolution calling for 'lasting ceasefire' in war-torn Libya, where a fragile truce has been in place since January
FILE: This picture taken on April 12, 2019 shows a smoke plume rising from an air strike behind a tank and technicals belonging to forces loyal to Libya's Government of National Accord , during clashes in the suburb of Wadi Rabie about 30 kilometres south of the capital Tripoli.
It was subject to weeks of wrangling, reflecting deep international divisions over Libya despite world leaders recently agreeing to end all foreign interference in the country and to uphold a weapons embargo. Libya, Africa's most oil-rich nation, has been mired in chaos since the 2011 NATO-backed uprising that toppled and killed longtime dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
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