[Tripoli Post] Relative calm has returned to southern Libya Libyan News Agency, LNA has reported after inter-tribal festivities over control of territory left around 15 people dead Abdel Maguid Saif al-Nasr, a member of the ruling National Transitional Council, NTC, has been reported saying Tuesday that government troops were able to restore calm in the city of Sabha after festivities erupted on Monday following the death of a government employee, who was kidnapped in a robbery.
The security chief in the city, Mohamed Abu Seif, went on to say that a delegation of tribal leaders in the area is working on solving the dispute between the rival tribes of Abu Seif and Tabu, and with the Abu Seif's leader claiming that his people came under attack as they arrived at a meeting with the Tabu elders in order to try and settle a dispute.
Clashes between the tribes over control of territory in the far southeast of Libya, have been going on since last week when violence erupted in Al Kufra.