source: Education World
actor1: Protesters (Mauritania)
actor2: Police Forces of Mauritania (2009-2019)
location: Nouakchott
notes: On or before October 3rd, students and academics gathered in Nouakchott to protest against the closure of two Islamic higher education institutes by the authorities, allegedly due to links between these institutes and the Islamic political opposition, as well as the Muslim Brotherhood. Two academics were arrested by police.