| 5,982,241 |
7.11667 |
-8.85 |
Liberia |
|
Members of the Cocopa Workers Union barricaded the road leading to the Cocopa Rubber Plantation in Nimba County, obstructing free movement, to protest against salary arrears. |
| 5,982,246 |
7.11667 |
-8.85 |
Liberia |
|
Members of the Cocopa Workers Union barricaded the main entry to the Cocopa Rubber Plantation in Nimba County, obstructing free movement, to protest against salary arrears. Police intervened to disperse the protesters. |
| 5,982,249 |
6.31 |
-10.8 |
Liberia |
|
University of Liberia students staged a peaceful protest in front of the Foreign Ministry to draw President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's attention to the increment in fees at the University, which they claim aims to deny struggling students from pursuing tertiary education. |
| 5,982,254 |
32.8925 |
13.18 |
Libya |
|
On 31stMarch five Civil Registry Authority (CRA) employees were kidnapped from their workplace at Libya Telecom and Technology (LTT), Libyas main state ISP. The Deputy head of the CRA accused the Bab Tajura militia in control of Libyas intelligence service representing the internationally unrecognized Tripoli government. |
| 5,982,259 |
32.7571 |
12.72764 |
Libya |
|
At the beginning of April, four Africans, who had been detained at the Al-Nasr detention centre suffered from fatal gunshots, and 20 others were wounded while attempting to escape from the centre in Al-Zawiyah where "illegal migrants" are held. A guard was also injured, and an investigation into the incident was ordered by Al-Zawiyah's public prosecutor. |
| 5,982,262 |
32.37535 |
15.09254 |
Libya |
|
An historic city centretombcontaining the bodies of 38 Misratans killed by Italian troops in 1915 was destroyed by Salafists in broad daylight in Misrata. Thefollowersof Sheikh Wahhab Salafi Rabea Almudkhali on 2 April used a digger to tear down the tomb. |
| 5,982,267 |
32.8925 |
13.18 |
Libya |
|
A Misratan journalist was kidnapped on his way to a press conference called by Faiez Serraj at Tripolis Bu Sitta naval base. He was released a day later. The family reported that his car was later found abandoned near a base of a Haithem Tajouris Tripoli Revolutionaries Brigade. When relatives approached the brigade, they claimed they were told that the man had been released but then been picked up by militiamen belonging to Abdul Ghani Kikli (aka Ghneiwa). When this militia was in turn approached, this was reportedly denied. |
| 5,982,270 |
32.8925 |
13.18 |
Libya |
|
Libya's unrecognised government based in the capital, Tripoli, announced that it is ceding power to a UN-backed unity government. The statement, bearing the logo of the so-called National Salvation Government headed by Khalifa Ghweil, said the Tripoli prime minister, his deputy premiers and cabinet ministers were all stepping aside. The UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) will start work on 6 April with some ministers expected to take over from members of the National Salvation Government. However, on 6 April, Tripoli's unrecognised prime minister Khalifa Ghweil called for his ministers not to cede power, contradicting an earlier announcement. |
| 5,982,274 |
32.8925 |
13.18 |
Libya |
|
An outbreak of heavy firing was reported on 8 April near the Mehari Radisson hotel, above the Bu Sitta naval base in Tripoli where the Presidential Council was staying. The Rada Security Force explained that fighting was due to a "misunderstanding between the 155 Brigade of the Libyan army and the 6th Brigade under control of Central Security. Rada explainedon its social media site that its own members had intervened to stop the shooting. It did not say what the misunderstanding might have been. Other reports suggest that there was a dispute between 155 Brigade members and armed men from the Zawiyat Addahmani district as to who should be carrying out a patrol of the naval base. |
| 5,982,277 |
32.09407 |
20.07105 |
Libya |
|
Small protests were reported in Benghazis Kish Square on 8 April to protest the institution of the State Council without a vote by the House of Representatives (HoR). |
