1 November 2012 Last updated at 17:28
Dozens of gunmen have occupied
Libya's parliament to register their
anger over the formation of the
new government.

The militiamen are demanding some of
the ministers be removed because
they have links to the late Muammar
Gaddafi's regime. At least a dozen trucks mounted with
anti-aircraft guns are lining the main
road to the parliament. Libya held a peaceful election in July
and finally agreed the composition of
a government on Wednesday. Prime Minister Ali Zidan gained the
support of the National Congress for
his choice of ministers. His list included liberal figures and
Islamists in an attempt to forge a
coalition acceptable to all parties. But negotiations were disrupted by
protests earlier this week. And late on Wednesday gunmen
broke through security and occupied
the Congress building.
'Gaddafi ties'
The BBC's Rana Jawad, in Tripoli, says
some of the gunmen are dressed in
scruffy army fatigues and others in
civilian clothes. She says some are from the western
city of Misrata and others are from
Tripoli, and few are willing to talk to
the media. "Some of them have had long ties with
Gaddafi, we don't want them," a
militiaman dressed in civilian clothes
told the BBC. Presidential guards are stationed in
the Congress complex and have been
ordered not to fight with the men. The militiamen are believed to be in
talks with politicians to resolve the
stand-off. Despite largely peaceful elections in
July, Libya's transition continues to be
affected by instability. Reining in the different militia and
trying to integrate them into a single
national army will be one of the
biggest challenges for any new
government, analysts say. The new government has
representatives from the two most
prominent blocs in Congress - the
Alliance of National Forces led by
liberal former Prime Minister Mahmoud
Jibril, and the Muslim Brotherhood's Justice and Construction Party. Mr Zidan said he had tried to strike a
balance between Libya's different
regions in making the appointments. According to his list, the defence and
interior ministries would be headed by
ministers from the eastern city of
Benghazi, considered to be the cradle
of last year's revolution that ended
Gaddafi's rule. Two women are also among the
ministers proposed by Mr Zidan.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-20170826

Hundreds of ex-revolutionaries have
turned up at the Congress building