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Al Jazeera

Libyan ministers resign as protesters call for government to step down

Demonstrators demand the overthrow of the Libya's Government of National Unity, in Martyrs' Square in Tripoli, Libya, May 16, 2025 [Ayman al-Sahili/Reuters]

Several ministers with Libya’s internationally recognised government have resigned in support of the protesters calling for Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah to step down.

The government late on Friday said a police officer was killed in an “attempted assault” on the prime minister’s office as thousands of Libyans marched into squares and various areas in the capital, Tripoli.

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