2008 Kufra conflict

Armed conflict in Libya the 2008 Kufra conflict the 2012 conflict 2012 Kufra conflict 2008 Kufra conflict Early November – end November 2008 Kufra, Cyrenaica, Libya Libyan victory Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 1977 Libya 22px Toubou Front for the Salvation of Libya Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 1977 Muammar Gaddafi 22px Issa Abdel Majid Mansur 11–30 killedHundreds wounded The 2008 Kufra conflict was an armed conflict in the Kufra region of Libya, between the pro-Toubou Toubou Front for the Salvation of Libya (TFSL) faction, and the Libyan Government. Background After a successful coup d'état led by Muammar Gaddafi in 1969, and the republic being established; Gaddafi, an Arab nationalist like Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, started to Arabize the country.Ennaji 2014 277 A couple of months later, a new law was passed which made Libya an Arab state and replaced it with the 1951 constitution. The 1951 constitution states, "Libyans shall be equal before the law" and also it also mentioned "shall enjoy equal civil and political rights without distinction of religion, belief, race, language, weight kinship, or political or social opinion."Ennaji 2014 281–282 Since then Arabic became the sole official language of Libya; both languages and cultures from minority groups like Aujila, Ghat, Ghadames, Hun, Imazighen, Jalo, Toubou, Socra and Zuwara peoples had no room in the country. Especially the Imazighen and the Toubou tribes who were persecuted and harassed by the regime. Until August 2007 a controversial law which bans Imazighen women giving birth to their children an Imazighen name. School-age children were also forced to adopt an Arabic name before they can register themselves for school.Ennaji 2014 281 Conflict The conflict started in early November 2008 when the Libyan Government stripped ethnic Toubous of their citizenship, claiming that their leaders had sided with their rival Chad. The clashes began when TFSL set a local government's office on fire.https://www.refworld.org/docid/4f4b5a502.html The Battle for Kufra Oasis and the Ongoing War in Libya Refworld 2023-10-10 Following the incident the government dispatched army units and helicopters to the region, putting Kufra under siege. The clashes stopped in mid-November when both parties agreed to a cease-fire. On 20 November 2008, a Toubou tribal meeting with Libyan officials was held in Kufra to end the conflict. The conflict had led to the deaths of 11 to 30 people, with over a hundred being wounded.11 November 2008 In Libya, Toubou Tribes Threatening To Harm Oil Production MEMRI blog http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/11326.htm live https://web.archive.org/web/20090903053252/http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/11326.htm 3 September 2009 26 August 2017 dmy-all31 January 2011 Libya seeks to downplay tribal violence in Kufra The Daily Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wikileaks-files/libya-wikileaks/8294885/LIBYA-SEEKS-TO-DOWNPLAY-TRIBAL-VIOLENCE-IN-KUFRA.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20171204171227/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wikileaks-files/libya-wikileaks/8294885/LIBYA-SEEKS-TO-DOWNPLAY-TRIBAL-VIOLENCE-IN-KUFRA.html 4 December 2017 26 August 2017 dmy-all8 November 2008 11 dead as violence erupts in Libya Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-nov-08-fg-libya8-story.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20140425003306/http://articles.latimes.com/2008/nov/08/world/fg-libya8 25 April 2014 26 August 2017 dmy-all References Bibliography https://books.google.com/books?id=OhVgAwAAQBAJ&q=2008+Kufra+conflict Multiculturalism and Democracy in North Africa: Aftermath of the Arab Spring Moha Ennaji 2014 Routledge London 978-1317-813-61-3 Kufra conflict Category:2008 in Libya Category:Kufra District Category:Civil wars in Libya Category:November 2008 in Africa Category:Rebellions in Libya Category:History of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi Category:Attacks on government buildings and structures in Libya Category:Attacks on buildings and structures in 2008 Category:Arson in Libya Category:Arson in 2008 Category:2000s fires in Africa Category:Chad–Libya relations Category:Discrimination in Libya Category:Toubou people