source: Atoo; Akody; AIP (Ivory Coast); Fratmat; Abidjan TV; Connection Ivoirienne; Koaci News; News Abidjan; Afrique sur 7; Soir Info; GardaWorld; News24 (South Africa); RFI; Agence de Presse Africaine; Africa 1
actor1: Rioters (Ivory Coast)
actor2: Civilians (Niger)
location: Abidjan
notes: On 19 May 2021, residents demonstrated in several neighborhoods of Abidjan city (Abidjian, Abidjan) after a video emerged on social media showing alleged Nigerien individuals torturing alleged Ivoirian individuals. The demonstrators attacked Nigerien nationals and Hausa ethnic people believed to be Nigerien as well as shops and businesses belonging to them, resulting in one person getting killed, and around 20 others injured, and property destroyed. The gendarmerie and police forces intervened and fire tear gas to disperse them. 12 demonstrators were arrested. [size=no report]