LOWacled · L2 · riot2025-03-24
[Malawi] Riots: Violent demonstration
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On 24 March 2025, residents barricaded Nyankotola Bridge in Mbenje (SC Mbenje, Nsanje, Southern) with burning tires to demonstrate over the bridge's construction and demanding its demolishment. The group claimed the bridge construction directs water into their villages, causing floods.
- Severity
- LOW
- Occurred
- 2025-03-24
- Country
- Malawi
- Event type
- riot
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