Angry protests against feuding leaders grip Libyan cities

Protests over chronic power cuts brought demonstrators onto the streets of several cities, braving the wrath of armed factions to voice their anger at failures that have made life intolerable during the sweltering summer months. In Tripoli's Martyrs' Square, several hundred people gathered to shout slogans demanding electricity, criticising armed factions and politicians and demanding elections in the capital's biggest protests against the ruling elite for years. Later on Friday, dozens of protesters stood by the government headquarters building, chanting "we want electricity, we want electricity". They also chanted slogans against the armed factions that exert control across swathes of Libya. In Tripoli, protesters waved placards on which the faces of Dbeibah, Bashagha, Saleh, another legislative leader and the U.N. representative were crossed out with big red marks.