The arms black market has been flooded with weapons from war-torn Libya, says Russia's special envoy to Africa Mikhail Margelov, citing concerns voiced to him by local authorities.<br />"I recently visited Nigeria, Mali, Mauritania and Morocco, and for these four countries what is happening in the desert is a real nightmare. One of the tribal leaders said to me, what happened in Libya undermined the market. I asked what market? He said, 'Today a Soviet or Chinese-made MANPAD [man-portable surface-to-air missile, like the American FIM-92 Stinger -- RT] costs the price of two Kalashnikovs... It's a real problem, because arms trafficking can end up somewhere in the south of Africa or somewhere in the south of Europe," the diplomat told RT's Sophie Shevardnadze.<br />He says the impression he gets from post-war Libya is that of a fundamentally divided country.<br />"Last time I was in Libya in December... I spent the whole day in Tripoli, and I still have a feeling that I was in a very fragmented city. There are three or four militias hating each other, competing with each other, sometimes shooting at each other. It seems like the pieces of the Libyan political puzzle do not fit together," he said.<br /><br />RT on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/RTnews <br />RT on Twitter: http://twitter.com/RT_com
