Apr 8 Callum Paton

Kufra Tebus call for municipal elections to be postponed

By Jamal Adel.Tripoli, 8 April 2014:Tebu elders in Kufra have called on the Ministry of Local Government to delay the town's municipal elections and m...

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Feb 26 thomwestcott

Security issues hamper election re-runs

By Ahmed Elumami.Tripoli, 26 February 2014:Today’s election re-runs were not able to take place in a number of constituencies that could not be secure...

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Feb 26 Callum Paton

Voting disrupted in the south as election re-runs falter

By Jamal Adel.Tripoli, 26 February 2012:HNEC workers in Murzuk and Obari have said voting has again been impeded by forced closures of polling station...

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Dec 29 Sami Zaptia

Tensions rising in Kufra

By Jamal Adel.Tripoli, 29 December 2013:In the wake of the recent Sarir and Ajdabiya incidents, tensions are on the rise in Kufra following the shooti...

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Fezzan: no state, three peoples
Sep 22 Michel Cousins

Fezzan: no state, three peoples

By Mathieu Galtier.Sebha, 22 September 2013:The King (of Kings of Africa) is dead. Long live the people!Since the death of Qaddafi, control of Fezzan...

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Apr 10 Michel Cousins

Fresh violence flares in Kufra

By Farah Waleed and Hadi Fornaji.Tripoli, 10 April 2013:Fresh violence has broken out on the south-eastern town of Kufra, scene earlier last year of h...

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Feb 2 Michel Cousins

Tuareg in Sebha protest Mali "ethnic cleansing"

Tripoli, 2 February 2013;There were small demonstrations today in Sebha as well as Obari and nearby Maknusa by Tuaregs protesting at what they called...

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Dec 12 Michel Cousins

Police station in Derj attacked

Tripoli, 12 December:The local police station in Derj, east of Ghadames, was attacked yesterday, Tuesday, by unknown assailants.A local police officia...

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Oct 1 Michel Cousins

Kufra quiet after fresh killing

By Michel Cousins.Tripoli, 1 October:Kufra is reported quiet again after clashes between Tebus and members of the dominant Zway tribe in which one man...

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May 31 Michel Cousins

Extra armed forces deployed to Ghadames

Tripoli, 31 May:A special operations unit of the national army has been sent to the border town of Ghadames to provide protection and maintain securit...

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