2012 Sabha conflict
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 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.
| 2012 Sabha conflict | ||||||||
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| Part of the Post-civil war violence in Libya | ||||||||
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| Belligerents | ||||||||
| Abu Seif tribe | Tubu tribe |
Libyan National Army
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| Commanders and leaders | ||||||||
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Yousef Mangoush Col. Wanis Bukhamada Abdurrahman Tawil Col. Ali Dallah Gaidi | ||||||||
| Strength | ||||||||
| 2,000 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | ||||||||
| 42 killed | 48 killed | |||||||
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Total casualties:163 killed and 445 wounded | ||||||||
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. A ceasefire was announced, and as of 1 April the violence had stopped.