Tripoli, Jan 17, 2019 (AFP) – Two days of clashes between rival militias near Libya’s capital Tripoli have left 10 people dead and 41 wounded, the health ministry said Thursday. Tripoli was plagued by militia clashes that killed at least 117 people and wounded more than 400 between late August and late September. The United Nations mission in Libya on Wednesday condemned a “military mobilisation” in southern Tripoli and warned groups not to break a ceasefire agreement it brokered in September. The Seventh Brigade has maintained its positions around Tripoli since the accord was reached, a move that has angered rival militias. A rival administration in the east of Libya is backed by strongman Khalifa Haftar and his self-proclaimed Libyan National Army.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 18, 2019 01:29 UTC