Libya's internationally-recognised government seizes two coastal cities between Tripoli and the Tunisian border from militias backing warlord Khalifa Haftar
Members of the Libyan security forces man a checkpoint in the capital Tripoli, to insure that the strict measures taken by the authorities to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus are respected, on April 10, 2020.
Control of war-torn Libya is largely divided between pro-GNA forces and those of eastern-based Haftar, who launched an offensive to try to capture the capital on April 4 last year. Libya has suffered almost a decade of conflict since longtime dictator Muammar Gaddafi was brought down and killed in a 2011 uprising backed by several Western powers.France, Russia, the United Arab Emirates, and others have fuelled fighting in the oil-rich but impoverished North African country.
On March 17, the world body and nine countries called on Libya's warring parties to cease hostilities to allow health authorities to fight against the new coronavirus.
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