A decade on from the February 17th revolution, how the global disorder transformed Libya into a battleground for interest, ideology and influence.

Five years after the Libyan Political Agreement was signed in Skhirat, Morocco, Libya is at a crossroads in its polarising civil war. Noamane Cherkaoui analyses the peace process’ journey from Skhirat to Tunis, focusing on the role of Maghreb powers, the fragile state of affairs, and the prospects of conflict relapse.

The announcement of UN-brokered permanent ceasefire in Geneva and political talks in Tunisia has given renewed optimism that Libya’s elusive peace attempts are yet again within close grasp. The critical challenge to all peace-building efforts in Libya since the fall of Qaddafi has centred around correctly identifying the root causes and drivers of these conflicts, in order to design a peace process that addresses and resolves these issues between the key actors in the conflict.