[01:56.38]The prisoners include a small number thought to be supporters of Libya’s former ruler Colonel Gaddafi.
[02:01.77]Rana Jawad reports.
[02:03.14]The al-Kwafiya prison on the southern outskirts of Benghazi is known as the biggest facility of its kind there.
[02:09.77]1, 200 prisoners are known to have escaped.
[02:13.50]A security spokesman in Benghazi told the BBC that some had been captured but he didn’t specify how many.
[02:20.00]In a news conference the Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan said the al-Kwafiya jailbreak happened as residents in the area stormed the prison protesting against its existence in their district.
[02:31.73]Most of the inmates in that prison are convicted of serious crimes and they also include a small number of people thought to be supporters of Libya’s former ruler Muammar Gaddafi.
[02:42.53]Police in Tunisia have fired teargas to disperse thousands of demonstrators outside the country’s parliament in Tunis.
[02:49.30]Rival secular and Islamist protesters had gathered following the state funeral of the secular politician Mohamed Brahmi who was assassinated on Thursday.
[02:58.56]World News from the BBC
[03:00.58]The top trade union leader in South Africa has categorically rejected rape allegations against him and accused the female colleague who’s made them of extortion.