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Dbeibeh Accuses Local Parties of Seeking New War in Libya

Libya’s PM Abdulhamid Dbeibehtouring Tajoura city (government media office)
Libya’s PM Abdulhamid Dbeibehtouring Tajoura city (government media office)
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Dbeibeh Accuses Local Parties of Seeking New War in Libya

Libya’s PM Abdulhamid Dbeibehtouring Tajoura city (government media office)
Libya’s PM Abdulhamid Dbeibehtouring Tajoura city (government media office)

Prime Minister of Libya’s Government of National Unity (GNU) Abdulhamid Dbeibeh accused local parties of seeking to reignite war by disrupting public services and electricity.

Several Libyan areas suffered sudden power cut on Friday, prompting Dbeibeh to inspect the General Electricity Company.

The PM stressed that his government will spare no effort in providing electric power, facilitating financial procedures and concluding new contracts.

He urged citizens to protect the electric power grid and ordered the Interior Minister to open a probe into the matter in all affected areas.

He further called for connecting the power grids in eastern and western Libya, noting that this could only be implemented by opening the coastal road between Sirte and Misrata cities.

The General Electricity Company had announced a complete power outage for two consecutive days in the eastern region and in most of the western region areas due to an explosion.

The company later said that 90 percent of the power plants had been restored.

In a visit to Tajoura city in Tripoli, Dbeibeh stressed that those who “ignite war, cause power cuts, create problems in the queues outside gas stations and prevent us from communicating with people across Libya are the enemies of the Libyan people.”

He warned of whom he described as “war merchants,” stressing that many have amassed their fortune from this war.

Dbeibeh said his foreign tours are aimed at restoring Libya’s unity and sovereignty and expelling mercenaries.

Some sources interpreted his comments as an escalation in his silent dispute with Marshall Khalifa Haftar in eastern Libya.

“We couldn’t access Sirte Airport, which belongs to Libya and is on Libyan soil, because of the foreign forces present there,” Dbeibeh said.

He added that the forces stationed in the area asked them to enter Sirte by road, “but the government refused.”

Notably, Dbeibeh postponed a visit to the country’s east that had been planned for April 26 to demonstrate his government’s progress in ending years of division between warring factions.

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Sudanese Army Recaptures Positions from RSF in El Fasher

Thick smoke rises over El Fasher following clashes between army forces and the RSF (DPA)
Thick smoke rises over El Fasher following clashes between army forces and the RSF (DPA)
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Sudanese Army Recaptures Positions from RSF in El Fasher

Thick smoke rises over El Fasher following clashes between army forces and the RSF (DPA)
Thick smoke rises over El Fasher following clashes between army forces and the RSF (DPA)

The Sudanese army carried out a surprise military operation in the early hours of Saturday in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state, regaining several positions in the city’s far southwest that it had previously abandoned to advancing Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

Military sources reported that calm returned to El Fasher after intense clashes on Friday between the army and RSF fighters, who attempted a major offensive to deepen their hold inside the city. In a statement, the army said its Sixth Infantry Division successfully repelled a fresh RSF attack, inflicting heavy losses in personnel and equipment, and restored control over all frontline areas.

RSF militants had infiltrated southern neighborhoods, seizing the Central Security Reserve headquarters and the Shalla prison. According to army sources, these forces were pushed back through ground combat supported by extensive drone strikes, forcing them to retreat to their original positions. The sources confirmed there were no significant breakthroughs or territorial gains by the RSF following the operation.

In a statement on Saturday, Prime Minister Kamel Idris expressed “deep anger, pain, and responsibility” over the worsening humanitarian disaster in El Fasher. He condemned the “suffocating and inhumane siege imposed by the RSF militia,” describing it as “one of the most brutal cases of collective extortion and systematic starvation in recent history.”

Idris vowed that the government would not stand idly by in the face of this “atrocious” crime and pledged to use all political, diplomatic, and humanitarian means to break the siege and ensure urgent aid reaches civilians trapped in El Fasher amid widespread starvation and international silence.

He called on United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, along with international and humanitarian organizations, to act immediately to pressure the militia to open humanitarian corridors and end the use of starvation as a weapon against civilians.

The prime minister highlighted the RSF’s refusal to comply with UN Security Council Resolution 2736, which demands lifting the siege on El Fasher, and their rejection of UN calls for a humanitarian ceasefire. He held the militia responsible for obstructing aid and accountable for the ongoing starvation and terror inflicted on civilians.

Idris warned against silence over these crimes, including the killing of civilians fleeing the siege and bombardments. He also cited the systematic destruction of hospitals by RSF suicide drone and strategic attacks, threatening the lives of millions of innocent civilians.

“What is happening in El Fasher is a major crime committed in full view and hearing of the world,” he said, urging the international community to move beyond lukewarm statements to real action and pressure on those besieging, starving, and attacking civilians.

The RSF continues to attempt to seize the city and its army base, the last stronghold of government forces across all Darfur states. Military sources said defenders repelled the assault and inflicted heavy casualties on the attackers.

The RSF has maintained a tight siege on El Fasher since May 2024, blocking all roads and supply routes and preventing humanitarian aid from entering, resulting in hundreds of civilian deaths from starvation and medical shortages.