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Social Conflict in Africa Database Version 3.0

General Info

Original or alternative title 
Social Conflict in Africa Database
Provider 
Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law
Tabulations only
Geography 
Algeria (DZA)
Angola (AGO)
Benin (BEN)
Botswana (BWA)
Burkina Faso (BFA)
Burundi (BDI)
Cameroon (CMR)
Central African Republic (CAF)
Chad (TCD)
Congo (COG)
Côte d'Ivoire (CIV)
Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD)
Egypt (EGY)
Eritrea (ERI)
Ethiopia (ETH)
Gabon (GAB)
Ghana (GHA)
Guinea (GIN)
Guinea-Bissau (GNB)
Kenya (KEN)
Lesotho (LSO)
Liberia (LBR)
Libya (LBY)
Madagascar (MDG)
Malawi (MWI)
Mali (MLI)
Mauritania (MRT)
Mauritius (MUS)
Morocco (MAR)
Mozambique (MOZ)
Namibia (NAM)
Niger (NER)
Nigeria (NGA)
Rwanda (RWA)
Senegal (SEN)
Sierra Leone (SLE)
Somalia (SOM)
South Africa (ZAF)
South Sudan (SSD)
Sudan (SDN)
Eswatini (SWZ)
United Republic of Tanzania (TZA)
Gambia (GMB)
Togo (TGO)
Tunisia (TUN)
Uganda (UGA)
Zambia (ZMB)
Zimbabwe (ZWE)
View all
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
January, 1990 - December, 2011
Data type
Estimate: GPS coordinates (GIS)
Summary 

This database includes riots, strikes, intercommunal conflict, protests, government violence and other type of conflict events. A total of 7,900 social conflict events are included.

Keywords 
Mortality, Violence

Citation

Contributors 
Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law
Suggested citation 

Hendrix CS, Salehyan I, Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law. Social Conflict in Africa Database (SCAD).

Source URL:https://ghdx.healthdata.org./record/social-conflict-africa-database-version-30