Tuareg

Tuareg and Tebu fight proxy battle in southwest Libya

Since September, the conflict has claimed hundreds of lives and displaced most of the region’s population.

Since the Libyan revolution, the country has become bitterly divided between two governments. [Mauricio Morales/Al Jazeera]

A Tuareg man walks in the desert lands around Ghat, where families fleeing the violence in Ubari have been camping out. [Mauricio Morales/Al Jazeera]

A man plays traditional Tuareg music, which comprises an important part of the Tuareg culture. [Mauricio Morales/Al Jazeera]

Tuareg tribal leaders recently met in Ghat with a representative of the Tripoli-based government, in an effort to address issues of local governance. [Mauricio Morales/Al Jazeera]

A group of young men play in the streets of Ghat, where unemployment has become a concern for municipal authorities. [Mauricio Morales/Al Jazeera]

A displaced Tuareg man from Ubari walks in front of his makeshift shelter in an abandoned construction complex in the outskirts of Ghat. [Mauricio Morales/Al Jazeera]

Displaced families have been camping out on a half-finished construction site with little water, food or prospects for work. [Mauricio Morales/Al Jazeera]

A lack of fuel deliveries to Ghat - a result of the fighting in Ubari - has kick-started a black market for the commodity, providing the only source of income for some young men in the city. [Mauricio Morales/Al Jazeera]

A Tuareg guard drives along the Algerian border, where due to a lack of resources, guards must make do with just five cars and a few men. [Mauricio Morales/Al Jazeera]