Toubou Front for the Salvation of Libya
| Toubou Front for the Salvation of Libya | |
|---|---|
| جبهة التبو لإنقاذ ليبيا | |
| Leaders | Issa Abdel Majid Mansur |
| Dates of operation | June 2007–August 2011; March 2012–present |
| Headquarters | Oslo, Norway |
| Active regions | Southern Libya |
| Ideology | Toubou nationalism |
| Allies | Libyan Army (GNA) Tuareg militias of Ghat (since 2019) |
| Opponents | Libya (until 2011) Libyan National Army (HoR) |
| Wars | Libyan Civil War, Post-civil war violence in Libya |
The Toubou Front for the Salvation of Libya (Arabic: جبهة التبو لإنقاذ ليبيا, romanized: Jibhat al-tibū li-inqādh Lībiyā; French: Front Toubou pour la Salut de la Libye) is a group created in mid-2007 to defend the rights and interests of the Toubou people in Libya. It is led by Jomode Eli Getty and Issa Abdel Majid Mansur, in France 2 activist Libyan Toubou tribal leader, and has its headquarters in Oslo, Norway. The group, which had participated in the Libyan Civil War on the NTC side, was disbanded in August 2011, with the fall of Tripoli.
The group was revived in March 2012, with the aim of "protecting the Toubou from ethnic cleansing", following the early 2012 deadly clashes between Toubou and Arab militias in southern Libya, which caused the loss of hundreds of lives.