The African Union Commission has urged all stakeholders and all military, political and social actors in Libya to put an immediate end to all hostilities.

Development Diaries reports that clashes broke out in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, on Monday after the reported detention of a powerful armed faction commander by a rival force at an airport in the capital.

Head of the 444 Brigade that controls much of Tripoli, Mahmoud Hamza, was detained at Mitiga airport by the Special Deterrence Force.

Medical sources said at least 27 people were killed and 106 were injured as a result of the fighting.

‘The chairperson reminds all stakeholders of the imperative need to pursue ongoing efforts towards national reconciliation’, a statement from the commission read.

‘The chairperson of the commission solemnly recalls that there is no military solution to the Libyan crisis and that Libya’s unity, peace, stability and historic international status can only be regained by peaceful means’.

In its reaction to the violence, the Libyan Red Crescent said it has evacuated ‘dozens of families’ from the site of the clashes.

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