| 5,985,220 |
27.18096 |
31.18368 |
Egypt |
|
Three students in Assiut University were arrested on 20 April following aprotestover the sovereignty transfer of the Tiran and Sanafir islands. The students, who belong to the Bread and Freedom Party, the Egyptian Social Democratic Party, and the 6 April Youth Movement, were taken from the university campus to a police station. |
| 5,985,225 |
30.07708 |
31.28591 |
Egypt |
|
A group of students from Ain Shams University were briefly detained, on 20 April, following a protest over the sovereignty transfer of the Tiran and Sanafir islands. |
| 5,985,230 |
30.07708 |
31.28591 |
Egypt |
|
Security forces arrested between 40 - 79 people on the evening of 20 April during a series of raids on downtown Cairo's cafs in an attempt to thwart anti-state protests scheduled for 25 April. Egyptian security forces rounded up dozens of activists, journalists, and lawyers ahead of demonstrations called for April 25 against President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi's policies, including the transfer of two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia. Police forces were wearing plainclothes whilst arresting people, the initiative reported. The counted arrests for the night were as following: 26 people from "Ghazal" caf, 10 from "El-Fallah" caf, six from a caf in Korba, Heliopolis, four in Alexandria, two in Gharbeya. A prominent leftist activist and member of the Revolutionary Socialists movement was among the activists who were arrested from their homes. |
| 5,985,234 |
31.2163 |
34.11074 |
Egypt |
|
Unconfirmed reports mentioned heavyclashesbetween army forces and militants in Shiekh Zuwied on 22 April. |
| 5,985,348 |
32.02904 |
20.01616 |
Libya |
|
The air force reportedly launched several airstrikes in Ganfouda on 19 April against Islamic State (IS), Ansar Al-Sharia and Benghazi Revolutionaries Shoura Council fighters positions, which may have sunk at least one fighter vessel. |
| 5,985,238 |
31.13159 |
33.79844 |
Egypt |
|
Two conscripts and one officer were injured on 22 April after abomb exploded in Northern Sinai's Arish. Anonymous people planted a bomb on one of Arish's main roads, which led to the explosion of a police car and the injury of three men. Another four conscripts were reported injured in a similar explosion in Al-Arish in North Sinai. |
| 5,985,244 |
1.86391 |
9.76582 |
Equatorial Guinea |
|
Police arrested opposition party Union Centro Derecha campaign coordinator Rafael Mbela in Bata, while he was peacefully campaigning to promote his party's message. He was taken to a military base, where he was allegedly beaten and robbed. |
| 5,985,248 |
8.45 |
36.35 |
Ethiopia |
|
Students protested against government forces' violence against students, residents and teachers in Badelle. |
| 5,985,251 |
8.25 |
34.5833 |
Ethiopia |
|
Hundreds of citizens staged a peaceful demonstration in Gambella demanding the release of hundreds of children abducted in a recent cross-border raid. |
| 5,985,257 |
8.25 |
34.5833 |
Ethiopia |
|
South Sudanese refugees at Jawi camp in Gambella allegedly killed 24 camp workers in reaction to a water tank having earlier hit and killed a child. Some of the deceased were Oromo people. |
