Nov 30 Nigel Ash

Vendetta jailbreak in Sebha highlights fragile securit​y in Libyan prisons

By Houda Mzioudet.Tripoli, 30 November 2013:Around 50 prisoners escaped from Sebha Central Prison on Thursday night/Friday morning, Issa Bossifi, form...

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Nov 28 Nigel Ash

Air base blast near Sebha kills at least ten

By Libya Herald staffTripoli, 28 November 2013:At least ten people have been killed and around 20 injured in what appears to have been a  substantial...

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Nov 20 Nigel Ash

Roadblock robbers net LD 1.5 million near Sebha

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 20 November 2013:A six-man gang dressed in army uniforms stopped bank officials at a phoney roadblock, beat them up and...

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Sep 15 Michel Cousins

Tribal clashes in Sebha leave two dead

By Ashraf Abdul-Wahab.The fort at SebhaTripoli, 15 September 2013:At least two people, possibly three, are reported to have been killed and others wou...

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Sebha, hit by power cuts, also  "running out of fuel"
Aug 31 Nigel Ash

Sebha, hit by power cuts, also "running out of fuel"

By Ashraf Abdul WahabTripoli, 31 August 2013: On top of the power cuts that have been hitting the south of the country, there are now reports of a ser...

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RPG assault on Sebha police station injures eleven police and civilians
Aug 26 Nigel Ash

RPG assault on Sebha police station injures eleven police and civilians

By Seraj Essul and Edrees EjeebjiTripoli, 26 August 2013:An apparently carefully-planned rocket and gun attack on Sebha’s main police station left 12 ...

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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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Jul 12 thomwestcott

Filipino nurses escape Sebha abduction

By Houda Mzioudet.Tripoli, 12, July 2013:The quick thinking of one Filipino nurse has foiled an abduction attempt on three expatriate hospital workers...

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Three Sebha car bombs slay two and injure 16
Jun 26 Nigel Ash

Three Sebha car bombs slay two and injure 16

By Ahmed Elumami and Reem TomboktiTripoli, 26 June 2013:There was shock and anger this evening in Sebha following the explosion of three car bombs in...

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May 27 Michel Cousins

Tebus protest after military leader vanishes

Tripoli, 27 May 2013:There were demonstrations in Sebha this evening following the disappearance of a major Tebu leader who has vanished in Tripoli. T...

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