Resumed militia feuding in the city of Sabha fighting at dawn yesterday, hours after agreeing to a cease-fire, which soon collapsed, at the time urged the High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy in the European Union Catherine Ashton, the Libyan government to redouble its efforts to encourage the various parties to lay down their arms, calling for the restoration of calm in the Sabha. After a few hours of the Declaration of a local council member in the Sabha Ahmed Abdel-Kader, the representatives of the militia Sabha and the militia-dominated group Tabu ethnic, held a meeting agreed which to end the fighting, clashes broke out again, the collapse of the cease fire after clashes lasted for three days killed more than 70 people.
He said Oweidat Hefnawi, a fighter from Sabha, in a telephone conversation with agency «Reuters», some of those who lost relatives in the fighting did not satisfy the agreement, but fighting broke out again. He added that the clashes died down again, but could still hear some shooting.
Ibrahim said lamp doctor at the hospital the President in the Sabha, said that five people were killed and 31 others wounded in the fighting that erupted the day before yesterday. He added that the clashes took place on the outskirts of the city.
And shed light on the clashes, problems faced by the government in extending its authority over the country in the wake of the overthrow of Mu `ammar al-Gaddafi last year.
European call
Furthermore, urged the High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy in the European Union Catherine Ashton, the Libyan government to redouble its efforts to encourage the various parties to lay down their weapons. Ashton issued a statement saying that «the European Union was concerned about reports of fighting in Sebha, the capital of the Fezzan in southwest Libya« a distance of about 650 km south of Tripoli », which led to several deaths in the last few days». She added that «the European Union calls on all concerned in the conflict to exercise restraint, and urges the Government to redouble its efforts to push the parties to lay down their arms, and to ensure that care has wounded, and calls to restore calm in the Sabha as soon as possible».
He said Oweidat Hefnawi, a fighter from Sabha, in a telephone conversation with agency «Reuters», some of those who lost relatives in the fighting did not satisfy the agreement, but fighting broke out again. He added that the clashes died down again, but could still hear some shooting.
Ibrahim said lamp doctor at the hospital the President in the Sabha, said that five people were killed and 31 others wounded in the fighting that erupted the day before yesterday. He added that the clashes took place on the outskirts of the city.
And shed light on the clashes, problems faced by the government in extending its authority over the country in the wake of the overthrow of Mu `ammar al-Gaddafi last year.
European call
Furthermore, urged the High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy in the European Union Catherine Ashton, the Libyan government to redouble its efforts to encourage the various parties to lay down their weapons. Ashton issued a statement saying that «the European Union was concerned about reports of fighting in Sebha, the capital of the Fezzan in southwest Libya« a distance of about 650 km south of Tripoli », which led to several deaths in the last few days». She added that «the European Union calls on all concerned in the conflict to exercise restraint, and urges the Government to redouble its efforts to push the parties to lay down their arms, and to ensure that care has wounded, and calls to restore calm in the Sabha as soon as possible».
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