"Moscow has urged an end to the violence in Libya and settlement of differences through a dialogue. Russia’s Foreign Ministry issued such a statement following the severe military clashes between two tribes near the city of Sabha in the south of the country. In those clashes only in recent days about 150 people have been killed and 400 have been wounded.
These are the official data but in reality the number of victims is much higher. Libya has not seen such bloodshed since the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi. The clashes in Sabha started in late March when the leader of the Tubu tribe and two of his close associated were killed. According to one of the versions, it the revenge for the murder of an Arab from the Uled Suleiman tribe. Another explanation is that the clashes broke out because the leaders of the Tubu and Uled Suleiman tribes failed to share 10 million dinars (about 6 million euros) they received from the central government for strengthening regional security."
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