source: Cridem; Al Akhbar (Mauritania)
actor1: Protesters (Mauritania)
actor2: Police Forces of Mauritania (2019-)
location: Nouakchott
notes: Around 17 January 2022 (as reported), Mauritanian police dispersed a protest sit-in held by the Front for Change (FC) party in Nouakchott (Nouakchott) to denounce increase in primary necessity goods. A former minister of Justice was arrested during the intervention. [size=no report]