UN-backed Libya govt troops gather in east Tripoli

(6 Apr 2019) Soldiers fighting for Libya’s UN-backed Government of National Accord arrived in eastern Tripoli on Saturday. The outskirts of Libya’s capital has seen escalating fighting between the forces of the Libyan National Army (LNA) of the interim government in the east of the country and forces loyal to the UN-backed Government of National Accord in the west. Those arriving in eastern Tripoli on Saturday, at an area called Tajoura, had travelled from the Libyan city of Misrata, 200 kilometres (124 m