Nigeria continues to confront multiple security threats across its territory, with insecurity deepening in northern and southern parts of the country. While a long-running Islamist insurgency and ongoing militia activity, continue to impact the northern regions, the Biafra separatist rebellion has been a cause of unrest in the south.
After a decade-long crisis, the Sahel entered 2022 amid escalating disorder, with levels of organized political violence increasing in 2021 compared to 2020. Conflict in the region has been largely driven by a jihadist insurgency centered in the states of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger.
Conflict between the Ethiopian federal government and the political administration of the northern Tigray region, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), continued throughout 2021, resulting in the highest levels of political violence in Ethiopia since the end of the Ethiopian-Eritrean War in June 2000.
Weekly reports on the latest conflict developments in Mozambique and Ethiopia are made available by the Cabo Ligado and Ethiopia Peace Observatory projects, respectively.
Last week in Africa, a suspected coup was attempted in Guinea-Bissau; the Cooperative for the Development of Congo (CODECO) carried out a high fatality attack against displaced people in the Democratic Republic of Congo; violence surged in Kenya following raids from suspected Pokot militias; and Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) was the most active armed group in Western Africa.…
Weekly reports on the latest conflict developments in Mozambique and Ethiopia are made available by the Cabo Ligado and Ethiopia Peace Observatory projects, respectively.
Last week in Africa, a military coup ousted President Roch Kabore in Burkina Faso; Islamic State militants in Libya clashed for the second consecutive week; clashes between presumed March 23 Movement (M23) rebels and military forces left many dead in the Democratic Republic of Congo; suspected Pokot militias carried out multiple deadly attacks in Kenya; and Islamic State militants were implicated in attacks in the capital of Somalia.…
Weekly reports on the latest conflict developments in Mozambique and Ethiopia are made available by the Cabo Ligado and Ethiopia Peace Observatory projects, respectively.
Last week in Africa, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) was the most active armed group in Western Africa; Islamic State militants resumed violence in Libya; security forces operations in Kenya and Somalia left many fatalities among Al-Shabaab militants; and amnesty was granted to two Sudan People’s Liberation Movement – In Opposition (SPLM-IO) factions following the signing of a peace agreement in South Sudan. …
Weekly reports on the latest conflict developments in Mozambique and Ethiopia are made available by the Cabo Ligado and Ethiopia Peace Observatory projects, respectively.
Last week in Africa, military forces conducted airstrikes against Islamist militants in Burkina Faso, Mali, DRC and Somalia; mass demonstrations against military rule continued in Sudan and broke out in Mali against ECOWAS sanctions; clashes between local self-defence militias and Zamfara militiamen in Nigeria led to numerous fatalities; and violence escalated in Cameroon and Uganda.…
Weekly reports on the latest conflict developments in Mozambique and Ethiopia are made available by the Cabo Ligado and Ethiopia Peace Observatory projects, respectively.
During the past four weeks in Africa, Islamist militants engaged in deadly clashes in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Nigeria amid continuing military operations against these groups; attacks by Al Qaeda affiliated militants continued in Benin highlighting the growing militancy in the country; the Burundian army crossed the border into eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and established bases to pursue RED-Tabara rebels; and intercommunal violence surged in Nigeria, Chad, Somalia, Kenya, and South Sudan.…
Weekly reports on the latest conflict developments in Mozambique and Ethiopia are made available by the Cabo Ligado and Ethiopia Peace Observatory projects, respectively.
Last week in Africa, UN peacekeepers faced widespread attacks by Islamist militants in Mali; military forces launched a large-scale joint operation against militants in Burkina Faso and Niger; inter-communal clashes erupted in Cameroon; and violence escalated in Sudan due to activity by armed militias.…
New supplemental data on political violence targeting LGBT+ communities add nearly 100 events to the ACLED dataset. This brief analyzes the new data and explores trends in violence across Africa.
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