UN reported delays in removing mercenaries and foreign forces from Libya
Dated 28 April 2021: UN reported delays in removing mercenaries and foreign forces from Libya. In the causal graph this event strengthens Haftar LNA parallel power, Tripoli offensive and oil coercion, a driver that strengthens Political Stability and Absence of Violence Gap from the Highest Governance Score — a worsening welfare path.
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The continued presence of foreign armed personnel helped preserve the country's rival security structures.
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What changed
Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.
- FactUN reported delays in removing mercenaries and foreign forces from Libya
- strengthensDriverHaftar LNA parallel power, Tripoli offensive and oil coercion
- strengthensIndicators (2)Political Stability and Absence of Violence Gap from the Highest Governance Score
impact weight 0.62 · verified
- Worse
Political Stability and Absence of Violence Gap from the Highest Governance Score
via Haftar LNA parallel power, Tripoli offensive and oil coercion
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.38 (weight 0.62 × strength 0.62)
Observed
34.7 Score · 34.7 above the normal line (2024)
Worse than normal26 readings, 1996–2024: fell from 36.2 Score to 34.7 Score.
Normal is zero · any amount = worse
- Worse
Proportion of population that feel safe walking alone around the area they live after dark (%)
via Haftar LNA parallel power, Tripoli offensive and oil coercion
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.3 (weight 0.62 × strength 0.48)
Observed
71.3% · 15.3 below the normal line (2024)
Worse than normal7 readings, 2018–2024: rose from 69% to 71.3%.
Above normal = better
Evidence
The sources behind this fact and its verification state.
- 1.World Report 2024 — LibyaHuman Rights Watch · verified
- 2.Special Envoy Discusses Implementation of Ceasefire Agreement with Joint Military CommissionUNSMIL · verified
What the sources establish
UNSMIL said withdrawal of mercenaries, foreign fighters and foreign forces needed to begin without further delay as implementation of the October 2020 ceasefire lagged.
Causal path
How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.
- FactUN reported delays in removing mercenaries and foreign forces from Libya
- strengthensDriverHaftar LNA parallel power, Tripoli offensive and oil coercion
- strengthensIndicatorPolitical Stability and Absence of Violence Gap from the Highest Governance Score
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Factrail. (2026). UN reported delays in removing mercenaries and foreign forces from Libya. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/mercenary-withdrawal-delayed-libya-2021
https://factrail.ai/facts/mercenary-withdrawal-delayed-libya-2021
Accessed 16 October 2026.
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