About 27 people have been killed and 106 wounded in clashes between rival armed factions in the capital of conflict-ridden Libya, according to a medical authority. Some 230 families were evacuated from the area where the clashes took place, mainly in the eastern and south-eastern neighbourhoods of Tripoli, Libya’s Emergency Medicine and Support Centre said. According to sources in the Libyan capital, calm prevailed on Wednesday after Hamza was reportedly handed over to a neutral party. Flights to and from nearby Mitiga airport were suspended on Tuesday amid the violence, and classes at the University of Tripoli were suspended. Libya has been in turmoil since the overthrow of dictator Moamer Gaddafi in 2011.

Source: Nigerian Tribune August 16, 2023 13:22 UTC