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Id Latitude Longitude Country Geo Name Id Description
6,025,552 18.084101 -15.9784 Mauritania Mauritanian workers hold May Day rallies to demand better working conditions and higher salaries.
6,025,558 21.283899 -12.1179 Mauritania Miners strike at the local subsidiary of Canadian mining firm Kinross.
6,025,566 18.084101 -15.9784 Mauritania Students protest against the crackdown on anti-regime protests in Syria.
6,025,572 15.5092 -12.8501 Mauritania Protesters demonstrate against the census, claiming it discriminates against blacks. Police shoot dead one protester.
6,025,578 18.084101 -15.9784 Mauritania Demonstrators riot against the census, claiming that it is racist.
6,025,583 15.6697 -7.0230098 Mauritania Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb kidnapped paramilitary officer Ely Ould Moktar and demanded the release a prisoner in return for Moktar.
6,025,591 18.084101 -15.9784 Mauritania Members of We are all Ely Ould Moktar held a sit-in protest in Nouakchott to demand the government secure the release of paramilitary officer Ely Ould Moktar from Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.
6,025,810 13.1815 2.2019999 Niger 19 student prisoners begin hunger strike in rural Kollo prison (refer to event in line 8). The hunger strikers are joined by 150 colleagues at an unknown location.
6,025,600 18.084101 -15.9784 Mauritania Students as well as various political and civilian groups participated in a protest outside Syria's embassy in Nouakchott. The demonstrators demanded Syrian diplomats be removed in light of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's abuse of democratic protesters.
6,025,611 18.084101 -15.9784 Mauritania Hundreds of members of the Islamic party Tewassoul demonstrated outside the Syrian embassy in Nouakchott in response to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's repressive treatment of protesters. The Tewassoul supporters demanded expulsion of Syrian diplomats.
6,025,618 18.084101 -15.9784 Mauritania The Coordination of a Democratic Oppostion, a coalition of opposition parties, held a lengthy series of weekly protests in Nouakchott demanding the resignation of President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz. Police arrested, beat, and tear gassed protesters on several occaisions. Some youth demonstrators resorted to throwing rocks and burning tires. Attendance ranged between hundreds and thousands.
6,025,628 18.084101 -15.9784 Mauritania Family members of sixteen moderate Dawa preachers gunned down by Mali troops protested outside President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz's palace in Nouakchott, demanding information about the deaths. The shooting occurred in Mali, but some of the victims were Mauritanian.
6,025,637 18.084101 -15.9784 Mauritania Hundreds of Muslims protested outside the U.S. embassy after the release of an anti-Muslim film in the U.S.
6,025,643 18.084101 -15.9784 Mauritania The Coordination of a Democratic Oppostion held a protest in Nouakchott to demand President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz step down in light of his health issues and alleged incompetance.
6,025,648 18.084101 -15.9784 Mauritania Thousands of supporters of President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz gathered in Nouakchott to welcome their leader back after he underwent medical treatment in France for forty days.
6,025,654 20.2724 -10.0721 Mauritania The Don't Touch My Nationality movement held a protest in support of black Mauritanians' rights and were subjected to teargas by police. One activist was also arrested and two injured.
6,025,660 18.084101 -15.9784 Mauritania Women protest the increasing number of rapes in Mauritanian capital Nouakchott
6,025,666 20.35 -15.3 Mauritania Gold miners went on strike arguing for higher wages and better working conditions
6,025,673 18.084101 -15.9784 Mauritania Opposition protesters marched in boycott of the new election. The police broke up the protest violently
6,025,679 18.084101 -15.9784 Mauritania Islamic prisoners are demanding some movement on their cases as they are held indefinitely
6,025,685 18.084101 -15.9784 Mauritania Thousands took to the streets burning tires and clashing with police after news spread of four Qurans being desecrated at a mosque.
6,025,693 16.5163 -15.8026 Mauritania Dozens of supporters of anti-slavery activists stormed the courthouse after three activists were sentenced to two years in prison.
6,025,702 18.084101 -15.9784 Mauritania Thousands protested in the capital against a Charlie Hebdo cartoon of prophet Mohammed, but were prevented by police from reaching the French embassy.
6,025,707 18.084101 -15.9784 Mauritania After several days of a hunger strike, inmates at the central penitentiary took two prison guards hostage to demand that prisoners who had completed their sentences be released.
6,025,715 22.7325 -12.4753 Mauritania Miners in Zourate held a nine-week strike to demand wage increases and ended the strike after negotiations.
6,025,721 18.084101 -15.9784 Mauritania More than 100 supporters of an anti-slavery organization protested the continued imprisonment of two activists.
6,025,727 13.5127 2.11252 Niger Hundreds of students protest govt hiring freeze on civil servants, including for university graduates. Police open fire and kill 3.
6,025,732 16.9216 9.0793304 Niger Govt. admits that 63 Tuaregs were killed in clash with security forces.
6,025,737 17.4216 9.5793304 Niger Strikes by most of the workforce lead govt. to reconsider demands for political pluralism.
6,025,743 13.5127 2.11252 Niger Prisoners in Niamey prison riot over police corruption. 335 prisoners escape.
6,025,749 17.4216 9.5793304 Niger
6,025,755 19.0345 8.2511997 Niger Govt. kills 6 people in three vehicles that fail to stop in two separate incidents.
6,025,759 18.441299 7.2307 Niger Govt. kills 6 people in three vehicles that fail to stop in two separate incidents.
6,025,764 13.8053 8.9883299 Niger 67 prisoners break out in protest against their bad conditions.
6,025,770 13.5127 2.11252 Niger Soldiers in Niamey mutiny over pay arrears and the imprisonment of several officers, take over a radio station. protesters demonstrate against these actions. A general strike occurs on 3/2/1992 to protest the soldiers.
6,025,775 17.4216 9.5793304 Niger Teachers strike over pay and conditions.
6,025,782 13.5127 2.11252 Niger Women protest being harassed by people that blame them for a drought.
6,025,788 13.8053 8.9883299 Niger Hundreds attack bars and bordellos used by women accused of causing a drought.
6,025,794 13.5127 2.11252 Niger 5000 people protest election delays.
6,025,800 16.582399 7.5928001 Niger Tuareg rebels attack civilians.
6,025,805 13.5127 2.11252 Niger Thousands of students protest and riot through the streets calling on the govt. to save the schools. Govt. reacts by closing the schools.
6,025,817 13.5127 2.11252 Niger Soldiers mutiny in several locations nationwide. They seize control of at least Zinder and take 12 senior civil servants as hostages. The soldiers demand back pay and cancellation of auterity.
6,025,820 13.8053 8.9883299 Niger Soldiers mutiny in several locations nationwide. They seize control of at least Zinder and take 12 senior civil servants as hostages. The soldiers demand back pay and cancellation of auterity.
6,025,823 16.9667 7.9833298 Niger Soldiers mutiny in several locations nationwide. They seize control of at least Zinder and take 12 senior civil servants as hostages. The soldiers demand back pay and cancellation of auterity.
6,025,826 13.4833 7.0999999 Niger Soldiers mutiny in several locations nationwide. They seize control of at least Zinder and take 12 senior civil servants as hostages. The soldiers demand back pay and cancellation of auterity.
6,025,829 14.9 5.2666702 Niger Soldiers mutiny in several locations nationwide. They seize control of at least Zinder and take 12 senior civil servants as hostages. The soldiers demand back pay and cancellation of auterity.
6,025,832 13.3167 12.6167 Niger Soldiers mutiny in several locations nationwide. They seize control of at least Zinder and take 12 senior civil servants as hostages. The soldiers demand back pay and cancellation of auterity.
6,025,837 13.4833 7.0999999 Niger MNSD stages protest over arbitariness of govt. appointments. Five people are wounded in clash with police, 10 are arrested.
6,025,843 16.9216 9.0793304 Niger Four people (Nigerian pro-democracy militants) hijack a Nigeria Airways jet carrying 150 people, including a Chinese Vice President. The plane lands in Niamey. Most of the hostages are eventually released.
6,025,850 11.8878 3.5919001 Niger Conflict between farmers and ranchers over land use. Violence begins when a Nigerian farmer is killed by a Niger rancher. 150 Nigerians retaliate and burn a Niger ranching camp to the ground.
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