Africa News of Tuesday, 14 January 2020
Source: bbc.com
Haftar leaves Russia without signing Libya peace deal
Gen Haftar (R) shook hands with Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, but not his rivals
The Libyan military strongman Gen Khalifa Haftar has left Moscow without signing a ceasefire agreement with the UN-backed Libyan government, the Russian foreign ministry has confirmed.
Russian and Turkish intermediaries spent Monday trying to persuade Gen Haftar and the Libyan Prime Minister, Fayez al-Serraj, to end nine-months of fighting in Libya.
Mr Serraj signed but Gen Haftar asked for a delay until Tuesday morning so that he could look over details of the proposed truce.
His forces have been besieging the capital, Tripoli, which remains in government hands.
