70 killed in clashes in Libya

According to the AFP three days of clashes between tribes in the southern Libyan town of Sabha have killed more than 70 people, Libyan government spokesman Nasser al-Manaa said on Wednesday.

Earlier local officials said the fighting pitted the Toubou tribe against Arab tribes in Sebha had eased and efforts to secure a truce were under way Wednesday but the Toubou claimed they were facing a "massacre."

A ceasefire was agreed on Wednesday, but reports of fresh fighting emerged later in the day, the BBC reports.

"It is regrettable that more than 70 people have been killed and more than 150 have been wounded" since Monday the desert town of Sabha, the spokesman told a news conference in Tripoli.

As the Telegraph reports, earlier local officials said the fighting pitted the Toubou tribe against Arab tribes in Sebha had eased and efforts to secure a truce were under way Wednesday but the Toubou claimed they were facing a "massacre."