Libya Names Military Governor in Conflict-Ravaged South

The head of Libya’s interim government said a “military governor” had been appointed for the country’s south after almost a week of inter-tribal clashes left 147 people dead, the official Libya News Agency reported today.

National Transitional Council head Mustafa Abdel Jalil said the region that includes Sebha, the oil-rich nation’s fourth largest city, was a “military area,” the agency said. Abdel Jalil said a military governor had been appointed after a reconciliation agreement was reached and resulted in a cease-fire, the agency reported.