source: Politico SL; WANEP-SL
actor1: Protesters (Sierra Leone)
actor2: Police Forces of Sierra Leone (2018-)
location: Freetown
notes: On 7 January 2020, a group of students of the Limkokwing College of Science and Technology staged a protest in New England Ville, Freetown1 subdivision (Western Area Urban, Western), to demand the payment of their tuition grants by the university. The police intervened and fired tear gas at the protesters. 17 protesters were arrested according to the police (18 arrested according to the students). [size=no report]