Demonstrators blocked roads, shut state institutions and sealed off government buildings as temperatures reached up to 50 degrees Celsius and daily blackouts stretched to 14 hours. The protests quickly widened into demands for the removal of governments in both eastern and western Libya.

Protesters shut roads and the foreign ministry in Tripoli as a civil disobedience campaign over power cuts spreads.

Residents face up to 10 hours without electricity daily in Tripoli and surrounding areas