source: Actu Benin; AFP; La Nouvelle (Benin); Daabaaru; Jeune Afrique; Benin Web TV; Banouto; L'investigateur; Reuters
actor1: Rioters (Benin)
actor2: Civilians (Benin)
location: Parakou
notes: On 5 April 2021, a number of residents demonstrated overnight against the prolonged mandate of President Talon in the town of Parakou (Parakou, Borgou). The demonstrators barricaded roads and pillaged an online TV station, vandalized a radio station, the office of a former mayor, and the Talon-Talata election campaign headquarters. [size=no size]