Libya commemorates the revolution of February 17, 2011 which ended, with NATO intervention, almost 45 years of power of Colonel Gaddafi. For the occasion, the outgoing Prime Minister, Abdelhamid Dbeibah, wanted a grandiose celebration in Tripoli, despite strong opposition from the population.
Young people protested in front of the large stage erected on the Place des Martyrs, against the millions spent. In eastern Libya, the Osama Hammad government, for its part, canceled all festivities in solidarity with the city of Derna.