| 5,979,765 |
32.8925 |
13.18 |
Libya |
|
A security force member was killed during a search for wanted criminal suspects in Tripoli on 18 March. A member of Furqa Al-Sadisa in the district was allegedly killed by members of the Samoud (Steadfastness) Front. |
| 5,979,769 |
32.8925 |
13.18 |
Libya |
|
Heavyclashesbroke out on 21 March in the Libyan capital Tripoli between armed militias. Theclasheserupted in Bab Benghashir area in downtown Tripoli, near the headquarters of Tripoli's outgoing general national congress. Media reports said the clashes were between a local militia that attacked a bank in the area and the other militia securing the parliament's headquarter. No reports on casualties. |
| 5,979,773 |
32.76867 |
12.83939 |
Libya |
|
A Wershefana militiaman is beaten to death by civilian he attempts to rob. The death prompts the Wershefana militia to invade the town. |
| 5,980,202 |
-33.92528 |
18.42389 |
South Africa |
|
About 200 South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU)members from Prasa marched to the offices in Cape Town station. |
| 5,979,777 |
32.76867 |
12.83939 |
Libya |
|
At least seven people were killed inclasheson 23 March west of Tripoli between tribesmen and forces loyal to Libya'sunrecognised government. The violence occurred in the village of At Tuwaybiyah, 30 kilometres (20 miles) from the capital. An armed group from Wirshiffana attacked At Tuwaybiyah town with heavy weapons, burned some houses and kidnapped some of the townsmen. The confrontation broke out a day after a member of the tribal forces had been beaten to death with a stick by a woman in At Tuwaybiyah as he tried to rob her home. |
| 5,979,782 |
32.76867 |
12.83939 |
Libya |
|
The Wershefana militia invade Tuwaybiyah in retalitation for the death of one of their members in the town. The militia burn and loot property and abduct civilians. |
| 5,979,786 |
32.7571 |
12.72764 |
Libya |
|
11 people were reported dead in fighting on 24 March between Wirsheffana militants and armed men from Zawiya on 24 March. |
| 5,979,790 |
32.7571 |
12.72764 |
Libya |
|
An Indian nurse and her infant son were killed in the shelling of a residential area in the town of Zawiya on 25 March. |
| 5,979,793 |
32.8925 |
13.18 |
Libya |
|
Around 100 protesters on 25 March gathered in Tripoli calling for a return to the monarchy that ruled the country before Kadhafi seized power in 1969. |
| 5,979,798 |
32.7571 |
12.72764 |
Libya |
|
The Al-Moudi brothersand one of their friends were seized on 25 March from the Moudi family home in Zawia by an armed group. The townspolice spokesman claimedthey had been abducted by a gang from Wirshefana as part of the violence between the two rival groups. The bodies of the six men were found with gunshot wounds to the head and clear signs of torture. There were also unconfirmed reports that a Zawia resident and his sister were fatally wounded and his wife and two-year old daughter seriously injured when they tried to run a Wirshefana roadblock on 25 March. |
