Conflict Trends in Africa, 1989–2018: An Update

PRIO Paper

Rustad, Siri Aas (2019) Conflict Trends in Africa, 1989–2018: An Update. PRIO Paper. Oslo: PRIO.

This paper is an update on the more extensive report ‘Conflict Trends in Africa 1946–2017’.

The aim of this paper is to describe the conflict trends in Africa, particularly since 1990, and to compare this to global trends. This paper considers three types of political violence: state-based conflicts; non-state conflicts; and one-sided violence. It uses conflict data from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP).

Read the report upon which this update is based, Conflict Trends in Africa 1946–2017

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