source: Al Akhbar (Mauritania)
actor1: Rioters (Mauritania)
actor2: Military Forces of Mauritania (2019-) Gendarmerie
location: Rkiz
notes: On 22 September 2021, dozens of residents destroyed and set ablaze government buildings, vehicles and houses of local officials in Rkiz (Rkiz, Trarza). They denounced electricity outages affecting them. The deputy chief of the city and members of the gendarmerie were injured. 60 people were arrested. [size=dozens]