source: Les Echos (Republic of Congo)
actor1: Protesters (Republic of Congo)
actor2: N/A
location: Nkayi
notes: On 2 October 2020, a group of local people demonstrated in Nkayi city (Nkayi, Bouenza) to show their refusal to wear face mask. They burned face masks in front of the police in reaction to the killing of a woman by a policeman early that week following a dispute because she had refused to wear a face mask. Wearing face mask was declared mandatory due to the coronavirus pandemic. [size=no report]