Libya: 170 flee Sebha prison

There has been heavy fighting in Sebha during the night between those who attacked the tomb of Hamid Hudairi on Thursday and the family and followers of the marabout (holy man). One man is reported to have been killed. A Sebha reporter who lives in ...

A massive jail break took place at the Sebha correctional facility, 800 km south of Tripoli, the Libyan capital, an official spokesperson of the local council, Abobker Hanza, said. Hanza said all the 170 prisoners in the facility were involved in ...

The Integrity Commission has disbarred two more members of the General National Congress. Both represent the Sebha constituency. Mohamed Menawi Ahmed Al-Hudairi is an independent member for the town and Senussi Erhouma Mohamed Erhouma won his seat ...

Evasione di centinaia di detenuti dalle carceri di Sebha, molti dei quali componenti della

Local officials want urgent action to repaid the Tripoli-Sebha road. Heavy rains at Al-Shuwairif, 340 kilometres south of Tripoli, have washed away the road linking the capital and Sebha. It was destroyed some 40 kilometres north of the town which ...

The attack in Sebha left the Acacus Restaurant completely decimated Local residents have been staging a protest demanding heightened security, after a rocket-propelled grenade attack destroyed a popular local eatery. The Acacus Restaurant was ...

TRIPOLI — Rival groups who have been the cause of continuing instability in Sebha and elsewhere on the south of the country have signed a peace deal under which both agreed to disarm and put aside past animosities. Representatives from Tebus and ...

Mohamed Magarief and Ali Zeidan in emergency talks on the security in Sebha The government and the General National Congress held an joint emergency meeting this evening, Saturday on the security situation in southern Libya. The meeting was attended ...

Three members of the security forces were killed and four wounded in a drawn raid yesterday on Sebha's main police station. The assault also saw 17 of the attackers captured. One police source suggestedthat the assailants were from the Khamis ...