ArmedConflictLocation List

Id Latitude Longitude Country Geo Name Id Description
5,664,641 18.1194 -16.0406 Mauritania A demonstration was taken out by activists of the 25 February movement against an alleged rape by a "road security man". 2 of the activists were arrested during the protest (specific location not given).
5,664,646 18.1194 -16.0406 Mauritania 100 IRA anti-slavery protesters in Nouakchott demand release of their leader and one of his aides who were arrested. Police used tear gas and batons to disperse protesters, injuring 6. 23 arrested.
5,664,650 17.51657 -6.67233 Mauritania A Malian military unit was reportedly responsible for killing a merchant and injuring another in Mauritanian territory in "the east" near the border with Mali.
5,664,653 17.51657 -6.67233 Mauritania "Angry protests" led to the closure of a weekly market as demonstrators have been staging protests "for days" due to government silence over the recent killing of a merchant by Malian forces.
5,664,656 18.1194 -16.0406 Mauritania Sit-ins took place in Nouakchott in tandem with those in the east protesting government inaction after Malian forces killed a merchant.
5,664,660 17.0481 -13.9209 Mauritania Soldiers from military unit 7 attacked the security center in the Brakna region "to avenge a comrade" who had been beaten by members of Brigade 4. A number of those soldiers were arrested.
5,664,664 18.07058 -15.97318 Mauritania An imam led a protest against "confiscation" of a public square in front of a mosque and was arrested.
5,664,669 18.1194 -16.0406 Mauritania Police arrested Mohamed Salem El-Mejlissis, a leader of the Salafist movement, for allegedly spreading propaganda in favor of the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or Daech.
5,664,673 18.1194 -16.0406 Mauritania Several were arrested while protesting outside fo the Saudi embassy, claiming ill treatment of Mauritanian Harati women in Saudi Arabia.
5,664,676 18.1194 -16.0406 Mauritania Dozens protested to decry human rights violations against Haratine women working in Saudi Arabia.