2012 Sabha conflict

2012 Sabha conflict
Part of the Post-civil war violence in Libya
Date25–31 March 2012
(6 days)
Location
Sabha, Libya
Result

Ceasefire

  • On 31 March Libyan army troops arrive in Sabha to enforce peace between the tribes
Belligerents
Abu Seif tribe Tubu tribe

Libya Libyan National Army

Commanders and leaders
Libya Yousef Mangoush
Libya Col. Wanis Bukhamada
Libya Abdurrahman Tawil
Libya Col. Ali Dallah Gaidi
Strength
2,000
Casualties and losses
42 killed[1][2][3] 48 killed[3][4]
Total casualties:163 killed and 445 wounded[5]

The 2012 Sabha conflict started in the aftermath of the Libyan civil war, and involved armed clashes between the Tubu and Abu Seif tribes in Sabha, a city of almost 100,000[6] in the region of Fezzan, Libya. It happened after February 2012 clashes in Kufra, that involved the Tubu people, too. On 27 March, Jomode Elie Getty charged the clashes as "genocide". A Paris-based Tabu official, Jomode Elie Getty, who was an official with the NTC but resigned on Tuesday, accused the NTC of siding with Arabs in attacks on Tabu tribesmen. He called for U.N. intervention.

Issa Abdel Majit Monsur, the head of the Tubu tribe in Libya, announced the reactivation of the "Toubou Front for the Salvation of Libya", an opposition group that was already active during the rule of Muammar Gaddafi. He also announced the possibility of separatist activities.[7] A ceasefire was announced, and as of 1 April the violence had stopped.[8]

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  2. ^ "Tribal clashes in south Libya kill 20". Dailystar.com.lb. 27 March 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Tribal clashes in Libya's Sabha kill 16". Thehimalayantimes.com. Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  4. ^ "70 killed in three days in Libya". The Daily Telegraph. 28 March 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  5. ^ "Libya announces truce to end clashes that have killed over 150". Thestarphoenix.com. 29 March 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  6. ^ World Gazetteer. "Libya: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
  7. ^ "Libya's Toubou tribal leader raises separatist bid". Al Arabiya. 27 March 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  8. ^ "UPDATE 2-Libyan PM visits scene of tribal clashes in desert". Reuters. 1 April 2012.