In Libya, a prominent member of the Presidential Council of Libya's U.N.backed government in Tripoli has resigned. Musa al-Koni a deputy Prime Minister from southern Libya in a televised press conference cited the Council's failure to assert authority over state institutions or provide services to citizens as a reason for his resignation. <br/><br/>Al-Koni's announcement is the first such resignation by one of the nine members of the council, formed in early 2016. The UN-brokered body was created as an attempt to establish a unity government to end the chaos that has plagued Libya since the ouster and killing of longtime strongman Moammar Gadhafi in a 2011 uprising. Instead, Libya remains divided between east and west, with no effective government and rival factions and militias.<br/>