source: Al Akhbar (Mauritania)
actor1: Protesters (Mauritania)
actor2: Police Forces of Mauritania (2009-2019)
location: Nouakchott
notes: On 5 December 2020, the Mauritanian police dispersed an open sit-in held by medicine students inside the Faculty of Medicine in Nouakchott (Nouakchott). Protesters were demanding the adoption a new system for exams. Ten students were reportedly arrested by the police during the intervention. [size=no report]