BURUNDI, SECOND QUARTER 2020: Update on Incidents According to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) Compiled by ACCORD, 30 October 2020
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BURUNDI, SECOND QUARTER 2020: Update on incidents according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) compiled by ACCORD, 30 October 2020 Number of reported incidents with at least one fatality Number of reported fatalities National borders: GADM, November 2015b; administrative divisions: GADM, November 2015a; in- cident data: ACLED, 3 October 2020; coastlines and inland waters: Smith and Wessel, 1 May 2015 BURUNDI, SECOND QUARTER 2020: UPDATE ON INCIDENTS ACCORDING TO THE ARMED CONFLICT LOCATION & EVENT DATA PROJECT (ACLED) COMPILED BY ACCORD, 30 OCTOBER 2020 Contents Conflict incidents by category Number of Number of reported fatalities 1 Number of Number of Category incidents with at incidents fatalities Number of reported incidents with at least one fatality 1 least one fatality Violence against civilians 128 31 48 Conflict incidents by category 2 Strategic developments 38 0 0 Development of conflict incidents from June 2018 to June 2020 2 Riots 33 5 5 Battles 8 3 3 Methodology 3 Explosions / Remote 2 1 2 Conflict incidents per province 4 violence Protests 1 0 0 Localization of conflict incidents 4 Total 210 40 58 Disclaimer 6 This table is based on data from ACLED (datasets used: ACLED, 3 October 2020). Development of conflict incidents from June 2018 to June 2020 This graph is based on data from ACLED (datasets used: ACLED, 3 October 2020). 2 BURUNDI, SECOND QUARTER 2020: UPDATE ON INCIDENTS ACCORDING TO THE ARMED CONFLICT LOCATION & EVENT DATA PROJECT (ACLED) COMPILED BY ACCORD, 30 OCTOBER 2020 Methodology GADM. Incidents that could not be located are ignored. The numbers included in this overview might therefore differ from the original ACLED data. ACLED uses The data used in this report was collected by the Armed Conflict Location & Event varying degrees of geographic precision for the individual incidents, depending Data Project (ACLED). ACLED collects data on reported conflict events in selected on what level of detail is reported. Thus, towns may represent the wider region in African and Asian countries, Burundi being among them. ACLED researchers which an incident occured, or the provincial capital may be used if only the province collect event data from a variety of sources and code them by date, location, is known. Erroneous location data, especially due to identical place names, cannot agent, and event type. be fully excluded. Most of the data collected by ACLED is gathered based on publicly available, Incidents comprise the following categories: battles, headquarters or bases es- secondary reports. It may therefore underestimate the volume of events. Fatal- tablished, non-violent strategic activities, riots/protests, violence against civilians, ity data particularly is vulnerable to bias and inaccurate reporting, and ACLED non-violent transfer of territory, remote violence. For details on these categories, states to use the most conservative estimate available. ACLED uses the reports’ please see context to estimate fatalities for events with reported fatalities for which the exact number is unknown (“10” for plural fatalities, “100” if “hundreds” are mentioned, • ACLED – Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project: Armed Conflict etc.). For further details on ACLED and for the full data, see www.acleddata.com Location and Event Data Project (ACLED) Codebook (2019), 10 April 2019a and Raleigh; Linke; Hegre, and Karlsen, 2010. https://www.acleddata.com/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/2017/10/ ACLED_Codebook_2019FINAL_pbl.pdf Based on this data, the Austrian Centre for Country of Origin & Asylum Research and Documentation (ACCORD) compiles updates on conflict incidents and pub- • ACLED – Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project: Armed Conflict lishes them on ecoi.net to offer another access point to the ACLED datasets. Location and Event Data Project (ACLED) User Quick Guide, April 2019b https://www.acleddata.com/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/2019/04/ It is advised to employ extreme caution when using fatality numbers. General-User-Guide_FINAL.pdf Assessments of the security situation should not be based solely on quantitative • ACLED – Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project: FAQs: ACLED Fatality analysis of event data. Methodology, 27 January 2020 https://www.acleddata.com/download/17979/ Please see ACLED’s additional methodological paper for Burundi: ACLED, 17 De- cember 2019 Geographic map data is primarily based on GADM, complemented with other sources if necessary. Incidents are mapped to GADM provinces using the provinces in ACLED data. Province names and borders may differ between ACLED and 3 BURUNDI, SECOND QUARTER 2020: UPDATE ON INCIDENTS ACCORDING TO THE ARMED CONFLICT LOCATION & EVENT DATA PROJECT (ACLED) COMPILED BY ACCORD, 30 OCTOBER 2020 Conflict incidents per province type, involved actors, information sources, etc.). The data’s precision varies among the incidents: a town may represent a region, or the provincial capital may be used Number of if the precise location of an incident is unkown. In the following list, the names of Number of Number of Province incidents with event locations are taken from ACLED, while the administrative region names are incidents fatalities fatalities taken from GADM data which serves as the basis for the maps above. Bubanza 7 2 2 Bujumbura Mairie 18 4 5 In Bubanza, 7 incidents killing 2 people were reported. The following locations Bujumbura Rural 16 1 1 were among the affected: Bubanza, Buringa, Mpanda, Musenyi, Musigati, Muzinda, Rukoko Natural Reserve. Bururi 7 2 4 Cankuzo 2 0 0 In Bujumbura Mairie, 18 incidents killing 5 people were reported. The following Cibitoke 27 9 16 locations were among the affected: Bujumbura, Buterere, Bwiza, Gihosha, Gitega 2 0 0 Gitaramuka, Kamenge, Kinama, Mutanga, Nyakabiga. Karuzi 8 1 1 Kayanza 14 2 2 In Bujumbura Rural, 16 incidents killing 1 person were reported. The following Kirundo 27 6 7 locations were among the affected: Buhomba, Gakungwe, Gisovu, Isale, Kabezi, Kabumba, Kajaga, Kanyosha, Kavumu, Kiyenzi, Maramvya, Musenyi, Makamba 10 2 4 Mutumba, Rukuba. Muramvya 2 1 1 Muyinga 12 2 4 In Bururi, 7 incidents killing 4 people were reported. The following locations were Mwaro 12 2 2 among the affected: Burarana, Bururi, Gatabo, Kibezi, Kinama, Matana, Ngozi 19 3 6 Rubanga. Rumonge 15 1 1 Rutana 7 1 1 In Cankuzo, 2 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations Ruyigi 5 1 1 were among the affected: Cankuzo, Kigamba. In Cibitoke, 27 incidents killing 16 people were reported. The following locations Localization of conflict incidents were among the affected: Buganda, Buhoro, Cunyu, Kaburantwa, Kansega, Mabayi, Mahande, Mparambo 1, Mugina, Munyika, Mwarangabo, Ndava, Note: The following list is an overview of the incident data included in the ACLED Ndora, Ngoma, Nyamakarabo, Rugajo, Rugendo, Rugombo, Ruhembe, dataset. More details are available in the actual dataset (date, location data, event Rusororo, Ruziba. 4 BURUNDI, SECOND QUARTER 2020: UPDATE ON INCIDENTS ACCORDING TO THE ARMED CONFLICT LOCATION & EVENT DATA PROJECT (ACLED) COMPILED BY ACCORD, 30 OCTOBER 2020 In Gitega, 2 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following location was In Ngozi, 19 incidents killing 6 people were reported. The following locations among the affected: Gitega. were among the affected: Cahi, Cihonda, Gahororo, Gashikanwa, Kibuye, Kigina, Kinyovu, Kiremba, Mugerera, Mugomera, Mwibanda, Ngozi, In Karuzi, 8 incidents killing 1 person were reported. The following locations were Nyamurenza, Ruhama, Ruhororo. among the affected: Buhiga, Karuzi, Kinyinya, Muyange, Rubuga, Ruhata, Rukamba. In Rumonge, 15 incidents killing 1 person were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Burambi, Buyengero, Gatete, Gitwe, Higiro, Magara, In Kayanza, 14 incidents killing 2 people were reported. The following locations Mugara, Muhanda, Muhuta, Murambi, Muturirwa, Nyagasaka, Rumonge, were among the affected: Burengo, Gatara, Gihororo, Gikingo, Kayanza, Rutongo. Mufunya, Murago, Nyagatobo-Businde, Randa, Ruhande, Rukere, Songore. In Rutana, 7 incidents killing 1 person were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Bugiga, Gakungu, Giharo, Gitaramuka, Rutana. In Kirundo, 27 incidents killing 7 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Bucana, Budahunga, Bugabira, Burarana, Burwana, In Ruyigi, 5 incidents killing 1 person were reported. The following locations were Busoni, Cumva, Gakana, Gatare, Kabanga, Karambo, Kibonobono, Kirundo, among the affected: Gahemba, Gahinga, Kinyinya, Kireka, Nyabitaka. Kivumu, Marembo, Minyago, Ndaro, Ntega, Ruhehe, Rukore, Runyonza, Rushubije, Rutabo. In Makamba, 10 incidents killing 4 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Bigina, Gatabo, Kabondo, Kayogoro, Mabanda, Makamba, Nyanza-Lac. In Muramvya, 2 incidents killing 1 person were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Muramvya, Musagara. In Muyinga, 12 incidents killing 4 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Bunywana, Burambira, Gakoni, Gashoho, Gikwiye, Giteranyi, Jarama, Kagombe, Masasu, Mukoni, Sanzwe. In Mwaro, 12 incidents killing 2 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Bugera, Buhogo, Kibungere, Mbogora, Nyabihanga, Ruramba. 5 BURUNDI, SECOND QUARTER 2020: UPDATE ON INCIDENTS ACCORDING TO THE ARMED CONFLICT LOCATION & EVENT DATA PROJECT (ACLED) COMPILED BY ACCORD, 30 OCTOBER 2020 Sources close to or after the latter’s publication. Changes in