Oct 21 Michel Cousins

Kufra health official attacked in Sirte

Tripoli, 21 October: The director of the ambulance department in Kufra, Ibrahim Belhassan, was physically assaulted on Saturday evening in Sirte by a...

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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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Aug 12 George Grant

Young Tebu shot in second breach of peace deal

Kufra, 12 August:A shooting took place in Kufra’s market square yesterday evening, wounding a young Tebu boy and breaching a peace agreement signed at...

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Aug 10 George Grant

Sudanese imports send Kufra meat prices plummeting

Kufra, 10 August:Meat prices in Kufra have plummetted due to to an increase of imports from Sudan. This comes against a backdrop of rising food prices...

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Aug 2 Michel Cousins

Kufra leaders agree to meet and end violence

Tripoli 2 August:Leaders of the Tebu community and the Zway tribe in Kufra signed an agreement on Tuesday that it is hoped will end the communal viole...

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Jul 31 Michel Cousins

Kufra finally gets family payout

Tripoli, 31 July:People in Kufra are finally to be paid the family grant voted in February by the NTC to celebrate the first anniversary of the revolu...

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Kufra's Tebus finally vote
Jul 11 Michel Cousins

Kufra's Tebus finally vote

Tripoli, 11 July:Tebu voters in Kufra finally managed to get to the polls yesterday, three days after the elections, after their leaders relented and...

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Jul 6 Michel Cousins

Elections in Kufra and Ajdabiya will go ahead: Elabbar

Tripoli, 6 July:There will be no postponement of tomorrow’s national elections in either Kufra or Ajdabiya despite local circumstances, the head of th...

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Kufra election boycott going ahead as 1,000 Tebu are disbarred from vote
Jul 4 George Grant

Kufra election boycott going ahead as 1,000 Tebu are disbarred from vote

By George Grant.Tripoli, 4 July:More than 1,000 Tebu from the southern desert town of Kufra have been disbarred from voting in Saturday’s elections, i...

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Jul 2 Michel Cousins

Kufra again quiet as army takes up positions

Tripoli, 2 July:The security pendulum in Kufra swung back in the direction of normality today after contingents of the national army moved into key po...

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