January 5, 2012
Police fired tear gas and beat protesters to force them out of a square they had occupied in an overnight sit-in in Nigeria’s northern city of Kano as part of demonstrations over soaring fuel prices. About 300 people were wounded and 19 protesters arrested and later released. The government announced the end of fuel subsidies earlier in the week, causing petrol prices to instantly double in a country where most people live on less than two dollars per day.
