source: Gabon Review
actor1: Rioters (Gabon)
actor2: Police Forces of Gabon (2009-)
location: Libreville
notes: On 20 April 2020, residents erected barricades and blocked a main road as they demonstrated in Ntoum commune of Libreville city (Komo-Mondah, Estuaire). They claimed that the government's distribution of food vouchers during the coronavirus lockdown was not well organised, and many residents were not taken into account. Security forces (assumed Police Forces) made use of tear gas to disperse them. One woman was reportedly injured. [size=no report]