On April 5[71] a group called Friends Against Western Forces in Libya[72] held a demonstration in Accra,[73] the capital of Ghana, to protest Western interference in Libya.[72] Protesters described the western military action in Libya as an attempt to colonize the country and an attack on Islam.[71][73] The demonstrators (who rallied through some of the main streets of Accra)[71][72] began the march from Kawukudi through the Kanda overpass to the French Embassy.[72] The protesters carried placards and shouted, "death to the West". Alhaji Rahman, a leading figure of the group, presented a petition to the French Embassy[73] calling for an immediate halt to the West's bombing in Libya.[71]