ConflictBarometer_2016

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
ANGOLA (UNITA)
Intensity: 3 | Change: | Start: 1975
Conflict parties:
Conflict items:
UNITA vs. MPLA
national power
The conflict over national power between the government
of President José Eduardo dos Santos and the two major opposition
parties, National Union for the Total Independence
of Angola (UNITA) and Broad Convergence for the Salvation of
Angola-Coalition Electoral (CASA-CE), escalated to a violent
crisis. The governing party, Popular Movement for the Liberation
of Angola (MPLA), and the main opposition party, UNITA,
were the main adversaries in the Angolan civil war from 1975
to 2002. After a decline of violence in the last two years, the
conflict turned violent again.
On September 8, during registration for the upcoming election
in 2017, violent acts occurred in the Northeast of the
province of Lunda Norte. A group of 20 men beat up an
UNITA member in the village of Luremo, who was deployed
to observe the registration procedure. Head of this group was
the village chief of Luremo, a member of governing MPLA. The
local administrative refused to investigate the case and told
the UNITA member to leave the province. On September 22,
unknown assailants burned down the secretariat of UNITA in
the province of Cuando Cubango. hka
BURKINA FASO (OPPOSITION)
Intensity: 3 | Change: | Start: 2014
30 former RSP members. Reportedly, RSP had planned attacks
on the presidential residence, army barracks, as well as
a prison in Ouagadougou, where Diendéré was detained.
Throughout the year, Kaboré's government undertook several
legal steps to address the popular uprising of 2014 as well as
the coup of mid-September 2015. On January 8, the government
issued an international arrest warrant against Guillaume
Soro, President of the National Assembly of Côte d'Ivoire, accusing
him of having supported last year's coup.
The Ivorian government refused the execution of the warrant
and instead expressed its willingness for a diplomatic solution.
On January 23, Eddie Komboigo, former CDP president,
was arrested on the same charges one day after returning
from Côte d'Ivoire to Ouagadougou. One month later, Ivorian
authorities extradited Moussa Nebié, close affiliate of Diendéré,
and two other former members of the RSP to Burkina
Faso. Also in February, Compaoré was naturalized as an
Ivorian citizen to allegedly evade extradition to Burkina Faso
that had issued an international arrest warrant against him on
12/04/15. On September 16, Luc-Adolphe Tiao, former prime
minister under Compaoré, was arrested after returning from
Côte d'Ivoire and charged with murder committed during the
October 2014 uprising.
The CDP condemned the government's measures against CDP
members as acts of intimidation. Furthermore, on October 1,
thousands took to the streets in Réo, Sanguié Province, denouncing
the detainment of former Foreign Affairs Ministers
Djibril Bassolé as politically motivated, and demanded his release
or a fair trial. Throughout the year, some of the arrested
were released on bail, among them Komboigo. lgu
BURUNDI (OPPOSITION)
Conflict parties:
Conflict items:
CDP vs. government
national power
The violent crisis over national power between the Congress
of Democracy and Progress (CDP), supported by former members
of the dissolved Regiment of Presidential Security (RSP),
and the government led by President Roch Kaboré continued.
In late October 2014, CDP leader and then-president
Blaise Compaoré had resigned after days of anti-government
protests and had fled to Côte d'Ivoire. Subsequently, an interim
government headed by then-prime minister Isaac Yacouba
Zida and then-interim president Michel Kafando had
been installed. On 09/16/2015, the RSP under the leadership
of Compaoré affiliate General Gilbert Diendéré had staged an
unsuccessful coup, which led to the dissolvement of RSP.
Violent confrontations between the former RSP and the government
continued. On January 22, around 15 ex-RSP soldiers
attacked an arms depot, situated close to the capital
Ouagadougou, reportedly injuring one person and stealing
weapons as well as ammunition. However, at least ten attackers
were arrested. On October 8, four unknown gunmen tried
to disarm policemen in the town of Pô, Nahouri Province. In
the ensuing fighting, two attackers were killed and one policeman
wounded. In the following days, authorities arrested 19
persons allegedly involved. On October 21, the government
claimed to have prevented a coup on October 8, and blamed
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Intensity: 3 | Change: | Start: 2006
Conflict parties:
Conflict items:
ADC-Ikibiri et al. vs. government
national power
The conflict over national power between the opposition
platform Democratic Alliance for Change-Ikibiri (ADC-Ikibiri)
and the government led by President Pierre Nkurunziza's National
Council for Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) and
supported by its militant youth wing Imbonerakure as well
as the National Intelligence Service (SNR), de-escalated to
a violent crisis. ADC-Ikibiri comprised the National Liberation
Forces (FNL), the Movement for Solidarity and Democracy
(MSD), The Front For Democracy in Burundi (FRODEBU), the
Union for Peace and Democracy (UPD), and the ruling party's
splinter faction National Council for the Defense of Democracy
(CNDD). ADC-Ikibiri was formed when most opposition
parties had boycotted the 2010 election. On the opposition
side, the MSD's military arm Resistance for a State of Law in
Burundi (RED-Tabara) and the Republican Forces of Burundi
(FOREBU) were also involved in conflict related action. Both
are former factions of the National Defence Forces (NDF) that
had gone into opposition following the December 2015 unrest.
Throughout the year, several members of opposition groups
were found dead while many others were imprisoned, with