Un jeune journaliste français, ancien de l’Yonne républicain, Mathieu Galtier et une photographe Maryline Dumas, sont au Fezzan, une des trois provinces de la Libye. Deux ans après la chute de Kadhafi, le sud libyen reste un no man’s land ouvert à tous...
Since the death of Qaddafi, control of Fezzan has been divided between the three main ethnic groups: Arabs, Tebus and Tuaregs. With state authority absent in this part of Libya, each of the three “people” is trying to implement its own rules in its strongholds.
Sebha, capital of Fezzan, has officially 150.000 inhabitants, “probably more than 200,000 actually,” Ayoub Zaroug, president of the local council, thinks. Arabs, Tuaregs and Tebus are living in the city.
Together, but each one in a specific location.
For instance, in Qaheera area (formerly known as Tayuri area), in the south-east of the town, Arabs, Tebus and Tuaregs have their owns blocks.
“We are living peacefully all together. Last year, Awlad Sulaiman tribe and Tebus fought each other but now the situation is under control. Everyone is staying in their blocks. But there is now real security because the police don’t want to come to Qaheera. Criminals have better weapons than them so they fear for their lives”, Adam Ahmed Dazi, the (Tebu) chief of the area, reveals.
Only 60 men – thuwars and ordinary citizens – have volunteered to be part of the security force in Qaheera. As a result, the former Indian construction site has been annexed by criminals and offenders. The site is like an open supermarket for drugs, alcohol, oil, weapons and the like.
No police, no justice, no army in Fezzan
“I understand that policemen are afraid. They have guns; the bad guys have RPGs. We need a strong government”, Ayoub Zaroug says.
Waiting for the dream to come true, local leaders use resourcefulness. Judges refuse to trial criminals throughout Fezzan because they fear the consequences. So when one s caught, he is handed over to leaders of his tribe who offer to be guarantors if he has to be judged one day. Murderers are kept in jail because the judge continuously postpones the trial.
No police, no justice and no army to control the border.
Libyan have to rely on their themselves alone.
