The National Transitional Council (NTC), which came to power after the overthrow of the country’s former leader Muammar Gaddafi, is struggling to establish its control over the whole of Libya.

The council is trying to persuade tribal militias, busy with fighting over power and resources in the uncontrolled country, to lay down their arms and join national army and police. 

In this video, journalist Neil Clark says the lawlessness Libya has plunged into is the direct result of how the current government came into power,

"The main problem is that Libya is awash with arms. And who is to blame for this? It’s the Western powers, who gave these arms to the rebels to topple Gaddafi. And now you have different tribal militias all heavily armed.

"You have got a very week divided government in Tripoli, which cannot control its territory. You have got a real recipe for anarchy at the moment..

"The main Western news channels are not covering the story the way they are not covering Iraq. In the end of the story Gaddafi is gone, and they are really not interested in reporting what’s going on, which is a human rights catastrophe."