Tripoli, among other cities in Libya, saw angry protesters taking to the streets on Friday in protest of the "awful living conditions" as well as the continuous power cuts and the hike in bread prices, let alone the shortage of cash in banks. In Tripoli, protesters went to the Martyrs Square speaking out anger over the long hours of power outages and high bread prices, blaming the Presidential Council and other political bodies for the miserable living conditions. They also demanded the official political figures to step down and called for speeding up holding elections. Protests, which started on Wednesday in Tripoli's Hay Al-Andalus, spread to burdened fellow citizens in Sabratha, Sorman, Zintan and others. People have been burdened since 2015 with troubling living conditions, including lack of cash in banks and high exchange rates in black market leading to a hike in prices.

Source: Libya Observer July 28, 2018 19:07 UTC