The revolution that ate its children

Divided country: Libyans celebrating the fourth anniversary of the uprising at Martyrs square in Tripoli. But riven by conflict, the situation in Libya is a long way from the hopes of the original revolutionaries.

Four years after Muammar Gaddafi was killed, the high hopes of Libya’s activists have crumbled as IS fills the vacuum left by scrapping militias.

IT was better under Gaddafi,” says the young Libyan student, studying the froth bubbling over the top of his cappuccino in a cafe in Tunis as he contemplates the revolution that swept Muammar Gaddafi from power four years ago. “I never thought to say this before, I hated him, but things were better then. At least we had security.”