source: Gabon Actu; Africa 1; Reuters
actor1: Rioters (Gabon)
actor2: Police Forces of Gabon (2009-)
location: Port Gentil
notes: On 18 February 2021, residents demonstrated with banging pots and pans in Port Gentil city (Bendje, Ogooue-Maritime) against the curfew to prevent the spead of the coronavirus. They erected barricades and burned tires on roads. The police forces fired tear gas and stun grenades to disperse them. [size=no report]