UN troops from Nepal have arrived in Libya as part of a security detail to keep staff safe from harm, like reported by libyanexpress.com.
The 59 troops will be guarding people working for the UN refugee agency (UNHCR). The troops arrived last week with another 41 waiting for deployment.
“There is still some technical problems with clearance of their weapons and that sort of thing,” said a representative of an international organisation in Brussels on Tuesday (17 October).
UN officials in early September had announced anywhere between 150 to 250 troops in the coming weeks and months.
Their arrival last week highlights the general insecurity and chaos that continues to reign throughout much of the country, as armed militia groups terrorise broad swathes of the population and complicate EU efforts to stem migration flows.
