source: RFI; Essor; Reuters; AFP; AMAP; Studio Tamani; AP; aBamako
actor1: Protesters (Mali)
actor2: Police Forces of Mali (2013-2020)
location: Bamako
notes: On 19 June 2020, tens of thousands of people, led by influential religious leaders and opposition parties (including the URD) who make up the M5-RFP: Movement of June 5 - Rally of Patriotic Forces, demonstrated at the independence square in Bamako (Bamako, Bamako) to demand that the president resign and also criticized the April legislative elections, calling for the National Assembly and constitutional court to be dissolved. Security forces fired tear gas to disperse the crowd, and blocked demonstrator access to the Koulouba presidential palace. [size=tens of thousands]