source: Agence de Presse Senegalaise; Sud Quotidien (Senegal); AFP
actor1: Rioters (Senegal)
actor2: Police Forces of Senegal (2012-)
location: Dakar
notes: On 6 January 2021, youths demonstrated in several neighborhoods of Dakar city (Dakar-Plateau, Dakar) against the new curfew measure declared by the authorities to combat the spread of the coronavirus. They erected barricades, burnt tires on roads, and threw stones at the security forces who fired tear gas to disperse them. [size=no report]