location: Umm el Araneb
notes: Armed clashes broke out in the town of Umm al-Aranab (150 km) south of Sabha town between the Tabu tribe on the one hand and armed members of the the Chadian Zaghawa tribe on the other. The armed clashes continued since Wednesday, because of a recent attack by an armed group belonging to the Zaghawa on the gate of Tmassa (230 km) southeast of Sabha. The sources said that the attack on Tmassa was against the backdrop of the closure of the Libyan-Chadian border. However, the Zaghawa also reacted to a siege by Tebu militias on a Chinese company in Umm el Araneb where militants from the Zaghawa tribe are based.
target_text: location: Umm el Araneb, fatalities: 0