Protesters storm Libya's parliament building in Tobruk

Libyans in several cities took to the streets on Friday to express their anger with the government over power cuts. Local television stations reported that protesters broke into the building of the parliament in Tobruk and committed acts of vandalism. Security forces protecting the parliament withdrew from the site, Reuters cited an eyewitness as saying. Libya has endured several days of power cuts, worsened by the blockade of several oil facilities against the backdrop of political rivalries. But the vote never took place due to several contentious candidacies and deep disagreements over the polls' legal basis between rival power centers in the east and west.