5,980,855 |
-0.53333 |
37.45 |
Kenya |
|
Members of the Akorino religious sect protest at 47 churches throughout Embu county over alleged discrimination after their children were sent home from school after refusing to remove their headgear. |
5,980,859 |
-0.32608 |
37.70271 |
Kenya |
|
A vigilante mob lynches and burns a suspected thief in Mariani on 29/03. |
5,980,863 |
-1.28333 |
36.81667 |
Kenya |
|
Police use tear-gas to disperse a group of "rowdy" matatu operators who blocked roads in downtown Nairobi ahead of a planned strike to protest parking license cancellation. |
5,980,869 |
32.8493 |
13.09022 |
Libya |
|
Fighting between militias broke out in the western Tripoli suburb of Ghoat Shaal on 28 March. Intense firing with heavy weapons as well as light weapons were heard and seen in the suburb. At least one tank as well as Armored Personnel Carriers and anti-aircraft guns were seen and used. The fighting is believed to be mainly between the National Mobile Force based in Janzour and the Jibreel Abaya militia based in Ghoat Shaal. It is believed that the cause of the fighting was the killing of a member of one militia member by a member of the other. |
5,980,872 |
32.37535 |
15.09254 |
Libya |
|
Two trawlers near Misrata, suspected to have been running supplies to the Benghazi Revolutionaries Shoura Council, were sunk on 30 March after limpet mines were attached to them as they lay alongside the quay at the Libyan Iron and Steel Companys (LISCO) port outside the city. |
5,980,875 |
32.8925 |
13.18 |
Libya |
|
On 30 March, witnesses said armed men attacked the Tripoli offices of al-Nabaa TV network and took it off the air. The network has been giving air time to Islamists supportive of the Tripoli government and is popularly considered to be owned or financed by Abdelhakim Belhaj. It was reported but not confirmed that Haitem Tajuri's militia conducted the raid. |
5,980,878 |
32.8925 |
13.18 |
Libya |
|
The head of a U.N.-brokered Libyan unity government arrived in Tripoli by sea on 30 March to set up a temporary seat of power in a naval base. Fayez Serraj sailed in from neighboring Tunisia. His arrival sparked fears of renewed clashes in Tripoli. |
5,980,881 |
32.79335 |
12.48845 |
Libya |
|
On 1 Aprilin Sabratha, locals demonstrated in support of Serraj and the Government of National Accord (GNA). Rejecting any militia formations outside the control of the army and police, they also called for Libyas displaced to be able to return home. |
5,980,885 |
31.20892 |
16.58866 |
Libya |
|
On 1 Aprilin Sirte, Islamic State militants reportedly executed two prisoners after Friday prayers. Though details of the murders are not clear, social media posts say the victims were two brothers who had been held for three months. |
5,980,889 |
32.8925 |
13.18 |
Libya |
|
Misratan militia leader Salah Badi led an anti-Serraj (UN-imposed government) demonstration in Martyrs Square in Tripoli, focused on a tent and platform for speeches which his supporters erected some months ago. The tent is believed to have caught fire and Special Deterrent Forces (Rada) of Abdul Rauf Kara then moved in and dispersed the demonstrators. Kara is widely seen to be supporting the Government of National Accord. |