Fezzan Sand Seas: A popular but unprotected area for off-road driving and adventure tourism
Nov 23 Michel Cousins

Fezzan Sand Seas: A popular but unprotected area for off-road driving and adventure tourism

By Mustafa J. Salem and Hans-Joachim PachurFigure 2: A close-up of one of the numerous dry lakes within the Murzuk Sand Sea. Thanks to Google Earth fo...

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Fezzan federalists plan in Obari
Sep 27 Michel Cousins

Fezzan federalists plan in Obari

By Hadi Fornaji.Tripoli, 27 September 2013:A group of tribal elders in southern Libya are reported to have held a preparatory meeting in Obari on Thur...

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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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Messak Plateau, Fezzan: An endangered natural and human heritage area
Aug 18 Michel Cousins

Messak Plateau, Fezzan: An endangered natural and human heritage area

By Mustafa J. Salem. Tripoli, 18 August 2013: It is over 160 years since the celbrated German explorer, Heinrich Barth, in July 1850 accidently disc...

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Aug 18 Nigel Ash

Sebha anti-federalist demo flops

Tripoli, 18 August 2013:The federalist agenda continues to divide opinion in Sebha.  However, from the low turnout at an anti-federalist demonstration...

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The Fezzan region: an interesting history and a prospect for a brighter future
May 9 Michel Cousins

The Fezzan region: an interesting history and a prospect for a brighter future

By Mustafa J. Salem, Nick Drake and Ahmed S. El-Hawat.Tripoli, 9 May 2013:Holocene inetr-dunal lake deposits in Idhan Obari. Edges of these lakes are...

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200 inmates escape Sebha prison as Congressmen from Fezzan stage GNC walkout
Dec 6 George Grant

200 inmates escape Sebha prison as Congressmen from Fezzan stage GNC walkout

By George Grant & Mohammed Eljarh.Tripoli, 6 December:Some 200 prisoners have escaped from a jail in Sebha with the alleged complicity of the faci...

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