Agreement for Peaceful Coexistence [between Tebu and Awlad Sulayman in Sabha]

  • Country/entity
    Libya
  • Region
    Middle East and North Africa
  • Agreement name
    Agreement for Peaceful Coexistence [between Tebu and Awlad Sulayman in Sabha]
  • Date
    13 May 2018
  • Agreement status
    Multiparty signed/agreed
  • Interim arrangement
    Yes
  • Agreement/conflict level
    Intrastate/local conflict ( Libyan Conflicts (1969 - 1994) (2011 - ) )
  • Stage
    Pre-negotiation/process
  • Conflict nature
    Inter-group
  • Peace process
    Libyan local processes
  • Parties
    From the Tebu
    1) Al Hajj Muhammad Sidi Lazlah [Signed]
    2) Al Hajj Ali Sidi Kasrah [Signed]
    3) Shuha Adam Shika [Signed]
    4) Saleh Lamda Musa [Signed]

    From the Awlad Sulayman
    1) Muhammad Ali Ibrahim [Signed]
    2) Omar Ahmad Muhammad [Signed]
    3) Milyur Masoud Khalifah [Signed]
    4) Mabrook Abdullah Masoud [Signed]
  • Third parties
    Certified by Local Affairs in the Hajarah Area
    [Seal of the Council of Dignitaries of the Hajarah Area]
    [Seal of Mukhtar Mahsanah Hajarah, Ministry of Local Administration]
  • Description
    Short agreement providing for a cessation of hostilities on individuals, homes, or property; that transgressors are not protected socially and are individually responsible for their actions; forming a committee to monitor implementation.

Local agreement properties

  • Process type
    Informal but persistent process
  • Rationale
    -> Link to national level; no external support mechanism; culture of signing Although the agreement was not supported by a formal and national mechanism, the agreement is embedded in a culture of signing (and supporting) agreements to end the crisis in Sabha (calls for a ceasefire were initiated in April 2018).
  • Is there a documented link to a national peace process?
    Yes
  • Link to national process: articulated rationale
    The agreement is not clearly linked to the national peace process. Yet, it was signed by local state leaders from municipalities ostensibly on different sides of the conflict.
  • Name of Locale
    Hajarah
  • Nature Of Locale
    Smaller
  • GPS Lat/Long (DD)
    27.031144, 14.465593
  • Participant type
    Local state actor
    Domestic religious organisation/leader or other elder
  • Mediator, facilitator or similar
    No mention of mediator or similar

Local issues

  • Ritual/prayer and process (including use of scripture)
    Page 1, “O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you.”

    Page 1, Based on what Allah said in his holy book in the verse above, and to achieve social peace,
  • Grievance List
    Although the agreement does not refer to specific causes of the conflict, it seems that it addresses the local grievances that arose from the confrontation between the Tebu and Awlad Sulayman in the area of Hajarah.
  • Cattle rustling/banditry

    No specific mention.

  • Social cover
    Page 1, No cover-up or protection of any individual who commits an immoral or illegal act or violates
    the customs, traditions, or public morals

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

“O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another.

Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you.”

Agreement for Peaceful Coexistence

Based on what Allah said in his holy book in the verse above, and to achieve social peace,

From among the good people of the area of Hajarah, from both the Tebu and Awlad Sulayman, members of the two groups have called for an agreement of peaceful coexistence and good-neighborliness to be signed between these two groups, as follows:

- Mutual respect between the two groups

- No attacks on individuals, no violation of the sanctity of homes, and no attacks on personal property

- No cover-up or protection of any individual who commits an immoral or illegal act or violates the customs, traditions, or public morals

- Any person who carries out an attack from either side is solely responsible for their actions

- Criminals belong to no tribe, so they must be treated based on their crimes, not affiliations, and tribal problems must not be brought into our residential areas

- Forming a committee, made up of members from both sides, to monitor the implementation of this agreement

- The agreement is open to all of the components of the area of Hajarah that want to join it

Signed,

From the Tebu

Name Signature

1) Al Hajj Muhammad Sidi Lazlah [Signed]

2) Al Hajj Ali Sidi Kasrah [Signed]

3) Shuha Adam Shika [Signed]

4) Saleh Lamda Musa [Signed]

From the Awlad Sulayman

Name Signature

1) Muhammad Ali Ibrahim [Signed]

2) Omar Ahmad Muhammad [Signed]

3) Milyur Masoud Khalifah [Signed]

4) Mabrook Abdullah Masoud [Signed]

Written in Hajarah in Sabha

On Wednesday, / /

Certified by Local Affairs in the Hajarah Area

[Signed, 13/5/2018]

[Seal of the Council of Dignitaries of the Hajarah Area]

[Seal of Mukhtar Mahsanah Hajarah, Ministry of Local Administration]