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Protesters force the closure of Libya’s largest oil field

PROTESTERS forced Libya’s largest oil field to suspend production on Sunday, the country’s state-run oil company admitted.

Local media reported that residents of the desert town of Ubari, about 590 miles south of the capital Tripoli, shut down the field to protest fuel shortages.

The protesters are also calling for rehabilitating infrastructure and repairing roads in the south-western region of Fezzan, one of the historic three provinces of Libya. 

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