ConflictBarometer_2015

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Name of conflict 1 Conflict parties 2 Conflict items Start Change 3 Int. 4
South Africa
(anti-immigrants
immigrants)
South Africa
(KwaZulu-Natal)*
South Sudan
(inter-communal violence)
South Sudan (opposition)*
South Sudan
(SPLM/A-in-Opposition)
South Sudan (various
militias)
South Sudan, Uganda
(border communities)*
Sudan (Darfur)
groups of anti-immigrants vs. immigrants subnational predominance 1994 3
NFP vs. ANC vs. IFP subnational predominance 1990 1
Muok-Akot vs. Thony, Aguok vs.
Apuk-Giir, Panyon vs. Pakam, Kuei,
Mundi vs. Dinka Bor vs. Murle, Azande
vs. Dinka vs. Shilluk, Dinka sub-groups
vs. Dinka sub-groups
PLP, SPLM-DC, opposition groups vs.
government
SPLM/A-in-Opposition, SPLM/A-FD,
Arrow Boys vs. government
subnational predominance,
resources
system/ideology, national
power
system/ideology, national
power, resources
2011 5
2011 3
2013 5
REMNASA, TFNF vs. government system/ideology, resources 2011 3
Kuku vs. Mandi subnational predominance 2011 3
JEM, SLM-AW, SLM-MM, SRF vs.
government
autonomy, resources 2003 5
Sudan (Eastern Front)* Beja Congress vs. government autonomy, resources 2005 1
Sudan (inter-communual
violence)
Sudan (opposition)
Sudan (SPLM/A-North /
South Kordofan, Blue Nile)
al-Rezeigat Abballa vs. Ma'alia,
Habaniya, Misseriya vs. Salamat, Fellata,
Berti vs. Ziyadiya
Alliance of the Sudanese Civil Society
Organizations, NCF, student-led groups
vs. government
subnational predominance,
resources
system/ideology, national
power
2007 5
2011 3
SPLM/A-North vs. government autonomy 2011 5
Sudan South Sudan Sudan vs. South Sudan territory, resources 2011 3
Swaziland (opposition)*
Tanzania (Christians
Muslims)*
Tanzania (CUF, Chadema
CCM)
Tanzania (Uamsho /
Zanzibar)*
COSATU, PUDEMO, SFTU, SNUS,
SWACOPA, SWAYOCO, TUCOSWA, SNAT
vs. government
system/ideology, national
power
1998 3
Christians vs. Muslims subnational predominance 2012 3
Chadema, CUF vs. goverment
system/ideology, national
power
1993 3
Uamsho vs. government secession, system/ideology 2003 2
Togo (opposition)* ANC, CST vs. government national power 1963 2
Uganda (Baganda /
Buganda)*
Uganda (Bakonzo /
Rwenzururu)*
Uganda (inter-communal
rivalry / Rwenzururu)*
Uganda (opposition)*
Zimbabwe (opposition)
1 2 3 4 cf. overview table for Europe
Kingdom of Buganda vs. government autonomy, other 1995 1
Kingdom of Rwenzururu vs. government autonomy, resources 2014 2
Bakanzo vs. Bamba vs. Banyabindi vs.
Basongora
FDC, DP, UPC, Jeema, PPP vs.
government
MDC-T, MDC-R, NAVUZ, People First,
OAUS et al. vs. government
subnational predominance,
resources
2012 2
national power 2001 3
system/ideology, national
power
2000 3
BURKINA FASO (OPPOSITION)
Intensity: 3 | Change: | Start: 2014
Conflict parties:
Conflict items:
CDP vs. interim government
national power
The violent crisis over national power between the Congress
for Democracy and Progress (CDP), supported by the Regiment
of Presidential Security (RSP), and the interim government
comprising, among others, ex-opposition members
continued.
After days of anti-government protests had been cracked
down by the RSP in the capital Ouagadougou in late October
2014, CDP leader and then-president Blaise Compaoré
resigned and fled to Côte d'Ivoire. Subsequently, an interim
government headed by Isaac Yacouba Zida was installed. In
September, the RSP loyal to Compaoré staged a coup d'État,
denouncing the interim government's ban on pro-Compaoré
candidates from running in the presidential elections scheduled
for October 11.
In response to Zida's repeated call for the dissolution of
the RSP, the latter disrupted a cabinet meeting on February
4, demanding Zida's resignation. The next day, a compromise
was reached when Zida accepted the appointment of
Compaoré-affiliated Colonel-Major Boureima Kéré as president's
personal chief of staff. On April 7, the National
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