Libya reopens Sebha airport closed since 2014

Libya reopened on Friday its airport in the main southern city of Sebha which had been closed since January 2014 due to security problems.

Witnesses from the area said that a commercial flight already landed Friday from the main eastern city of Benghazi.

Southern Libya has been gripped by worse insecurity and chaos than the rest of the country, although security in Sebha is better than in other parts of the impoverished region.

In Murzuq town to the west of Sebha, at least 90 people have been killed and 6,500 displaced since fighting broke out between different tribesmen in August, according to the United Nations.

 

Via Reuters

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