Groups call for protests against Libya’s poll cancellation

By NOHA ELHENNAWY
Associated Press

CAIRO (AP) — Hundreds took to the streets in several Libyan cities to protest the cancellation of Friday’s long-awaited presidential election, a blow to hopes of ending a decade of chaos in the oil-rich North African country. Several Libyan parliamentary candidates and political groups have called for nationwide protests over the cancellation of a long-awaited presidential election, a blow to hopes of ending a decade of chaos in the oil-rich North African country. The protests underscore the risks to the fragile stability in oil-rich Libya. The country remains riven by an east-west divide and is a haven for foreign and domestic militias. Libya’s election commission has proposed Jan. 24 as a new date for the presidential poll.