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| Libyans die in tribal battle over control of key resources |
| 2013-12-24 |
| [Al Ahram] Three Libyan primitive have been killed in fighting that grew out of disputes between army units under conflicting orders over who controls key resources in the country's east, officials said Monday. Another five people were maimed in the fighting between Toubou and Zuwayya rustics on Sunday night in Ajdabiya, 160 kilometres (100 miles) south of Benghazi. The festivities were sparked by fighting on Friday between one unit made up of Zuwayya, under the orders of the general staff, and a Toubou unit that takes its orders directly from the defence ministry, an official explained. At stake was control over oil wells and an agricultural water reservoir in Al-Sarir, 600 kilometres south of Benghazi, he added. Five soldiers were killed in the fighting on Friday, and festivities broke out between Zuwayya and Toubou in Ajdabiya the following day after the soldiers' burial that spilled over into Sunday. The Zuwayya, who are Arab, and the Toubou, who are black, have a long history of conflict. |
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