Libya’s transitional council hands over power
Tripoli, Libya (CNN) – Libya’s National Transitional Council handed over power Wednesday to the General National Congress, the national assembly formed by last month’s elections.
The ceremony in Tripoli marked the first peaceful government transition in Libya in the more than four decades since Moammar Gadhafi seized power in 1969, and was held on the 20th day of Ramadan, which the NTC chose to mark the anniversary of the start of the liberation of the capital city from Gadhafi’s grip.
Security is a major challenge for the country, with militias continuing to operate without government oversight, holding thousands of detainees and carrying out arbitrary detentions.
For example, unknown individuals attacked the residence of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Misrata on Sunday. None of the seven staff members inside the building at the time of the attack was hurt, but the building suffered extensive damage, the ICRC said in a statement.
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