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Ceasefire reached in southern Libya after clashes killed 147 people

Arab World Materials 1 April 2012 02:49 (UTC +04:00)
Libya's transitional government on Saturday said a ceasefire deal has been reached between tribes in southern Libya, after a week of clashes left nearly 150 people dead.
Ceasefire reached in southern Libya after clashes killed 147 people

Libya's transitional government on Saturday said a ceasefire deal has been reached between tribes in southern Libya, after a week of clashes left nearly 150 people dead.

Prime Minister Abdul Rahim al-Keib told a press conference that the ministerial and tribal delegation was sent to the desert town of Sabha to monitor the ceasefire, dpa reported.

Health Minister Fatma al-Hamroush meanwhile said 147 people were killed and 395 injured in six days of clashes in the town, some 600 kilometres south of the capital Tripoli. Doctors and nurses have been sent there, she said.

Clashes began on Monday between members of the African Tabu tribe and two Arab tribes, when a member of the African tribe was killed in a robbery.

Libya's ruling National Transitional Council has been unable to assert control over hundreds of militiamen who helped bring down Moamer Gaddafi's regime last year.

Gaddafi, who ruled the North African country for 42 years, was captured and killed in his hometown Sirte in October, after a violent eight-month conflict with his opponents.

His regime had drawn criticism from human rights groups for its treatment of the Tabu ethnic group in the south of the country.

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