source: Facebook; Infowakat; L'Observateur Paalga
actor1: Rioters (Burkina Faso)
actor2: Police Forces of Burkina Faso (2015-)
location: Ouagadougou
notes: On 17 May 2021, a number of students demonstrated against education reforms at the Philippe Zinda Kabore High School in the capital of Ouagadougou (Ouagadougou, Kadiogo). Security forces intervened, fired tear gas, rubber bullets and birdshot ammunition, and carried out arrests. The students responded by throwing stones. [size=no report]