source: 7 Sur 7
actor1: Rioters (Democratic Republic of Congo)
actor2: Police Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (2019-)
location: Beni
notes: On 8 January 2021, groups of motorbike taxi drivers demonstrated and put up barricades in Beni town (Goma, Nord-Kivu) against the raids carried out by the police to track taximen without license plate. The taxi drivers confronted the police, which intervened and disperse the crowd using tear gas. 20 people were arrested for disturbance of public order. [size=no report]