Heavy clashes shook Ubari this week, once again casting doubt on the dragged out peace talks between the Tebu and the Tuareg. The two communities are at war since August 2014, fighting for the control of the southwest Libyan desert oasis. Last November, representatives from both sides signed a peace …
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Rival Libyan tribes sign ceasefire deal in Doha
Rival tribes from southern Libya have signed a ceasefire agreement in Qatar, ending 14 months of fighting in the city of Obari in southern Libya.
Read More »Talks underway to end fighting in Sebha
Forces allied to Libya’s rival administration are holding emergency ceasefire talks with tribal elders and armed groups in Sebha, after clashes erupted in the heart of the southern city killing at least six people.
Read More »Seven dead as clashes intensify in Sebha
At least seven people died in the Sebha over the weekend in separate attacks, as violence has escalated in the southern city, rocked by protests in support of toppled leader Muammar Gaddafi and fighting between rival groups.
Read More »Tebu, Tuareg sign peace deal after 60 killed in clashes
Representatives from the warring Tebu and Tuareg ethnic minorities signed a peace agreement in the southern city of Sebha on Saturday, after a three-week escalation in the fighting saw 60 killed, including women and children.
Read More »Deadly clashes in biggest city in southern Libya
Dozens have been killed in clashes between two tribes in the biggest city in southern Libya, officials said on Tuesday as a security vacuum grew in a remote corner of the oil producer.
Read More »Migrants bound for Europe create crisis in Libya’s southern deserts
In a hospital trauma ward in downtown Sebha, a decrepit city that’s a major migrant-smuggling hub in southern Libya, a man from Niger lay in a stupor, suffering from multiple fractures and a gangrened limb. He’d been here a week, since he was rescued from the Sahara after the vehicle …
Read More »Militants’ camp in Traghen attacked: report
A camp used by jihadists near Traghen, south of Sebha, is reported to have been attacked this morning, but it is unclear by whom. There were said to have been huge explosions at ammunition store at the camp. One report speaks of a helicopter being involved in the attack and …
Read More »Uneasy peace holds in Sebha
A tentative peace has held in Sebha for three weeks following clashes between the southern town’s Qaddadfa and Awlad Suleiman tribes.
Read More »Clashes continue in Sebha despite ceasefire
Fighting between members of the Awlad Suleiman and the Qaddadfa tribes has continued overnight in Sebha despite a ceasefire agreed yesterday by both sides. The 20-day truce, mediated on Monday by town elders and those from other tribes and nearby areas, including the Magarha, was supposed to include the removal …
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