ArmedConflictLocation List

Id Latitude Longitude Country Geo Name Id Description
5,635,849 6.31 -10.8 Liberia A FrontPageAfrica reporter was beaten by police and arrested while covering at protest at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
5,635,853 6.31 -10.8 Liberia Journalists and other people gathered in front of the offices of the Chronicle and marched away shouting anti-government slogans in support of the Liberian media after police closed down the newspaper.
5,635,858 6.31 -10.8 Liberia "Police raided the National Chronicle, broke down its front door, released teargas inside, seized two computers and arrested news editor Emmanuel Mensah, computer technician Emmanuel Logan and copy editor Philibert S. Browne. Roughed up at the time of their arrest, the three journalists were later released."
5,723,880 8.85376 -11.09837 Sierra Leone
5,635,861 6.31 -10.8 Liberia Unidentified young attackers armed with clubs and some guns attacked and looted an ebola isolation centre in West Point. During/after the attack between 17 and 20 patients left the centre or were taken away by family members. No injuries were reported.
5,635,866 6.32688 -10.80715 Liberia Heavy rioting took place in the West Point neighbourhood between residents and police in response to the imposition of a curfew and quarantine.
5,635,871 6.31 -10.8 Liberia Officials of the CDC were arrested and "brutalized" by police officers, leading to some injuries. It was not reported why they were arrested, although many other CDC officials are already reported to be in custody.
5,635,876 6.32688 -10.80715 Liberia Rioting continued for a second day in the West Point neighbourhood following the imposition of a quarantine. The riot started after a local representative sent police to get her family out. Police protecting the car fired into the air as the crowd became violent. The crowds engaged in stone throwing and looting of food and other supplies was reported. 4 residents were injured in the clashes. Police shot 15-year old Shaki Kamara, who died the following day. 2 others were allegedly also shot.
5,635,880 6.32688 -10.80715 Liberia Security forces fired live rounds and tear gas to disperse a stone throwing crowd trying to break the quarantine on their neighborhood of est Point. At least 4 people were injured.
5,635,883 6.23218 -10.59365 Liberia Hundreds of angry youth in Schieflin Town near Duport protested the perceived secret burial of Ebola victims in their area. They dug up the body to move out of the area.