Libyans detained Saturday around 50 Egyptian drivers and their trucks near Ajdabiya to pile pressures on Cairo to release relatives detained in Egypt.

Deadly vendettas are common in Upper Egypt, where there is a greater proliferation of weapons than in Egypt's northern provinces.

For the first time since his 2011 ouster, the octogenarian ex-president held a recorded interview with private daily Al-Masry al-Youm, released on the paper's website on Wednesday.