| 5,970,780 |
7.17242 |
-2.10281 |
Ghana |
|
Clashes between unidentified armed groups over a chieftaincy issue occurred in Bomaa, near Duayaw-Nkwanta in the Tano North District of Brong-Ahafo Region. A Police reinforcement was deployed to halt the shootings. |
| 5,970,787 |
6.73453 |
-1.61275 |
Ghana |
|
Muslim youth, carrying guns, iron chains, machetes, axes and clubs vandalised vehicles and smashed glass doors and windows of buildings and shops in protest over a land dispute in Tafo in the southern Ashanti region. One person was killed and many others injured. At least 45 people were arrested by police and soldiers during the incident. Authorities also imposed a curfew in the nearby town of Kumasi. |
| 5,970,790 |
9.5091 |
-13.7122 |
Guinea |
|
Hundreds of people joined a march in Conakry Monday in memory of journalist El Hadj Mohamed Diallo who was shot dead last week in clashes outside the offices of an opposition party. |
| 5,970,794 |
-1.27169 |
36.84969 |
Kenya |
|
A vigilante group attacks and kills a man they suspect of murder in Eastleigh. |
| 5,970,799 |
-0.31667 |
37.65 |
Kenya |
|
Chuka University students violently protest disputed school elections by looting shops and lighting fires. Police made 15 arrests and offices temporarily closed the university. The date(s) of the protest are not known. The election was held on 29/01, though it is not clear if protests immediately followed. |
| 5,970,803 |
-0.72024 |
36.42853 |
Kenya |
|
Cooperative farmers in Naivasha burn several houses in protest over "malpractice" of land division. Police fired into the air to disperse the group. Earlier, the demonstrators had forced four primary schools and a secondary school to close down, with students joining them in the day-long demonstrations. |
| 5,970,809 |
6.31 |
-10.8 |
Liberia |
|
Riot officers of the Police Support Unit barricaded the home of the political leader of the opposition Movement for Progressive Change, Simeon Freemen, two days after he claimed that an alleged government's death squad was planning to eliminate him and other prominent opposition politicians. Officers allegedly harrassed and detained journalists who had come to take pictures of the home. |
| 5,970,813 |
6.31 |
-10.8 |
Liberia |
|
Several residents of Capitol Bypass Community took to the streets to protest their planned eviction from lands owned by Jesse Payne. They set up road blocks, threw stones and prevented vehicles from using the Bypass to access central Monrovia.The situation was brought under control with the deployment and intervention of officers of the Police Support Unit (PSU) of the Liberia National Police (LNP). |
| 5,970,817 |
32.76704 |
22.63669 |
Libya |
|
On January 21, Islamic State militants tried to enter Derna but were repulsed by local forces of the Derna Council of Mujahideen. |
| 5,970,821 |
32.09835 |
20.17669 |
Libya |
|
On 5 February, 3 members of the government affiliated forces supported by the House of Representatives (HoR) were injured in fighting in Buatni district of Benghazi. |
