People hold Libyan flags amid smoke and fire after protesters set tyres on fire in a street during a demonstration against the General National Congress (GNC) in Benghazi February 21, 2014. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori
ROME (Reuters) - Western countries voiced concern on Thursday that tensions in Libya could slip out of control in the absence of a functioning political system, and they urged the government and rival factions to start talking.
Two-and-a-half years after the fall of former leader Muammar Gaddafi, the oil-rich North African state is struggling to contain violence between rival forces, with Islamist militants gaining an ever-stronger grip on the south of the country.
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