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NIGERIA, YEAR 2020: Update on incidents according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) compiled by ACCORD, 25 March 2021 Number of reported incidents with at least one fatality Number of reported fatalities National borders: GADM, 6 May 2018a; administrative divisions: GADM, 6 May 2018b; incid- ent data: ACLED, 12 March 2021; coastlines and inland waters: Smith and Wessel, 1 May 2015 NIGERIA, YEAR 2020: UPDATE ON INCIDENTS ACCORDING TO THE ARMED CONFLICT LOCATION & EVENT DATA PROJECT (ACLED) COMPILED BY ACCORD, 25 MARCH 2021 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 1045 605 2280 Conflict incidents by category 2 Protests 858 16 40 Development of conflict incidents from 2012 to 2020 2 Battles 844 627 3336 Riots 297 112 204 Methodology 3 Explosions / Remote 220 188 1900 Conflict incidents per province 4 violence Strategic developments 80 0 0 Localization of conflict incidents 4 Total 3344 1548 7760 Disclaimer 9 This table is based on data from ACLED (datasets used: ACLED, 12 March 2021). Development of conflict incidents from 2012 to 2020 This graph is based on data from ACLED (datasets used: ACLED, 12 March 2021). 2 NIGERIA, YEAR 2020: UPDATE ON INCIDENTS ACCORDING TO THE ARMED CONFLICT LOCATION & EVENT DATA PROJECT (ACLED) COMPILED BY ACCORD, 25 MARCH 2021 Methodology on what level of detail is reported. Thus, towns may represent the wider region in which an incident occured, or the provincial capital may be used if only the province The data used in this report was collected by the Armed Conflict Location & Event is known. Erroneous location data, especially due to identical place names, cannot Data Project (ACLED). ACLED collects data on reported conflict events in selected be fully excluded. African andAsian countries, Nigeria being among them.ACLED researchers collect event data from a variety of sources and code them by date, location, agent, and Incidents comprise the following categories: battles, headquarters or bases es- event type. tablished, non-violent strategic activities, riots/protests, violence against civilians, non-violent transfer of territory, remote violence. For details on these categories, Most of the data collected by ACLED is gathered based on publicly available, please see secondary reports. It may therefore underestimate the volume of events. Fatal- ity data particularly is vulnerable to bias and inaccurate reporting, and ACLED • ACLED – Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project: Armed Conflict states to use the most conservative estimate available. ACLED uses the reports’ Location and Event Data Project (ACLED) Codebook (2019), 10 April 2019a context to estimate fatalities for events with reported fatalities for which the exact https://www.acleddata.com/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/2017/10/ number is unknown (“10” for plural fatalities, “100” if “hundreds” are mentioned, ACLED_Codebook_2019FINAL_pbl.pdf etc.). For further details on ACLED and for the full data, see www.acleddata.com and Raleigh; Linke; Hegre, and Karlsen, 2010. • ACLED – Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project: Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED) User Quick Guide, April 2019b Based on this data, the Austrian Centre for Country of Origin & Asylum Research https://www.acleddata.com/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/2019/04/ and Documentation (ACCORD) compiles updates on conflict incidents and pub- General-User-Guide_FINAL.pdf lishes them on ecoi.net to offer another access point to the ACLED datasets. • ACLED – Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project: FAQs: ACLED Fatality It is advised to employ extreme caution when using fatality numbers. Methodology, 27 January 2020 https://www.acleddata.com/download/17979/ Assessments of the security situation should not be based solely on quantitative analysis of event data. 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 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 varying degrees of geographic precision for the individual incidents, depending 3 NIGERIA, YEAR 2020: UPDATE ON INCIDENTS ACCORDING TO THE ARMED CONFLICT LOCATION & EVENT DATA PROJECT (ACLED) COMPILED BY ACCORD, 25 MARCH 2021 Number of Conflict incidents per province Number of Number of Province incidents with incidents fatalities Number of fatalities Number of Number of Province incidents with Katsina 220 133 995 incidents fatalities fatalities Kebbi 7 4 10 Abia 52 17 24 Kogi 50 19 57 Adamawa 62 31 87 Kwara 18 3 3 Akwa Ibom 32 5 9 Lagos 185 32 69 Anambra 100 14 26 Nassarawa 50 24 66 Bauchi 15 8 18 Niger 116 62 211 Bayelsa 51 14 38 Ogun 59 14 26 Benue 115 76 190 Ondo 88 14 23 Borno 612 447 3165 Osun 61 10 18 Cross River 63 17 40 Oyo 89 26 44 Delta 154 61 121 Plateau 76 42 151 Ebonyi 39 18 37 Rivers 70 22 60 Edo 100 26 56 Sokoto 26 18 222 Ekiti 28 12 13 Taraba 62 47 131 Enugu 42 3 5 Yobe 39 23 214 Federal Capital Territory 164 13 22 Zamfara 130 98 694 Gombe 7 1 3 Imo 73 13 18 Jigawa 16 10 15 Localization of conflict incidents Kaduna 249 167 871 Kano 24 4 8 Note: The following list is an overview of the incident data included in the ACLED dataset. More details are available in the actual dataset (date, location data, event 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 if the precise location of an incident is unkown. In the following list, the names of 4 NIGERIA, YEAR 2020: UPDATE ON INCIDENTS ACCORDING TO THE ARMED CONFLICT LOCATION & EVENT DATA PROJECT (ACLED) COMPILED BY ACCORD, 25 MARCH 2021 event locations are taken from ACLED, while the administrative region names are were among the affected: Agge, Agudama, Ekeremor, Ezeotu, Kaiama, taken from GADM data which serves as the basis for the maps above. Letugbene, Opolo, Oporoma, Otuasiga, Peremabiri, Sagbama, Toru-Orua, Yenagoa. In Abia, 52 incidents killing 24 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Aba, Abala, Akwete, Etitiama, Imo River, Isiala In Benue, 115 incidents killing 190 people were reported. The following locations Oboro, Isu, Lokpanta, Mgboko, Ohafia, Oke-Ikpe, Osisioma, Owaza, Ugwati, were among the affected: Abaji, Abako, Agagbe, Agasha, Agila, Akwu, Aliade, Umu-Ika, Umuahia, Umudike. Apa-Agila, Ayev, Ayilamo, Bagagi, Chongu, Daudu, Gbajimba, Gboko, Igumale, Ikobi, Ikpayongo, Katsina-Ala, Korinya, Kundav, Kwande, Makurdi, In Adamawa, 62 incidents killing 87 people were reported. The following Mbabai, Mbacher, Mbawa, Naka, Obagaji, Obangedde, Obarike-Ito, Odejo, locations were among the affected: Bolki, Boskeri, Fufore, Gadawa, Ganye, Oju, Okokolo, Otukpa, Sankera, Taraku, Tongov, Tor Donga, Torkula, Garkida, Girei, Gon, Guyuk, Hong, Jada, Jarang, Jatau, Jimeta, Karewa, Tse-Agberagba, Tyo, Tyohambe, Ugba, Ugbokolo, Ugbokpo, Ukpute, Ukum, Kircinga, Kopa, Lamurde, Luggere, Madagali, Maiha, Mayo Belwa, Mbamba, Utonkon, Vande Ikya, Waya, Zaki Biam. Mbawa, Michika, Numan, Sabongari Chambula, Shelleng, Tigno, Toungo, Visik, Wagga Lugere, Yola, Yolde Pate, Zakowan. In Borno, 612 incidents killing 3165 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Abadam, Abbaram, Agapalawa, Ajiri, In Akwa Ibom, 32 incidents killing 9 people were reported. The following Alafa, Alagarno, Alau, Ariwuzumari, Ashigashiya, Askira, Aulari, Auno, locations were among the affected: Eket, Ibeno, Idu, Ikot Abasi, Ikot Akpaden, Azare, Baga, Bama, Bambula, Banki, Benisheikh, Beta, Biu, Boboshe, Bovtari, Ikot Ebak, Ikot Ntuen Ukana, Itu, Obot-Akara, Okopedi, Okoro Ete, Oku, Buk, Bukar Meram, Bukarti, Bula Korege, Bulabulin, Bulabulin Ngaburawa, Opobo, Oron, Urue Offong, Uyo. Bunari, Buratai, Burmari, Bwalakila Bilayahi, Charikwenti, Chibok, Chul, Cross Kauwa, Dakwaima, Damasak, Damboa, Dar el Jamal, Debiro, Dikwa, In Anambra, 100 incidents killing 26 people were reported. The following Doksa, Doro Naira, Dumba, Dunga, Dusuman, Dutse Mussa, Dzuraku, locations were among the affected: Achalla, Aguata, Aguleri, Akwa-Etiti, Alor, Fadagwe, Felo, Gabchari, Gajibo, Gajigana, Gajiram, Gambori, Gamboru, Amago-Ebenebe, Amansee, Anaku, Awba, Awka, Awkuzu, Ekwulobia, Gana, Gasarwa, Gashigar, Goniri, Gorigi, Gremari, Gubio, Gudumbali, Enugwu-Ukwu, Ihite, Isuofia, Nawfia, Nkpor, Nnewi, Nzam, Oba, Odekpe, Gulumba Gana, Guva, Gwagwamdi, Gwoza, Hambagda, Hoyo Wuremeri, Ogid, Ogu-Ikpele, Oguaniocho, Ojoto, Okpuno, Onitsha, Ozubulu, Isari, Izge-Unore, Jakana, Jigalta, Kalla, Karetu, Kauji Kura, Kaumutuyahi, Ukpo-Akpu, Umuawulu, Umudim, Umuikwu Anam, Umuinya, Umuleri, Kautakari, Kaza, Khaddamari, Kilangar, Kirawa, Kirenawa, Kirta Wulgo, Umumbu, Umuomaku, Urum. Kolori, Komala, Konduga, Kuburmbula, Kukawa, Kumshe, Kure, Kusuma, Kwabula, Limankara, Liwur, Logomani, Mafa, Magumeri, Maiduguri, In Bauchi, 15 incidents killing 18 people were reported. The following locations Mainari, Mainok, Mainyakare, Mairari, Malam Fatori, Malari, Mandaragirau, were among the affected: Azare, Bauchi, Dass, Misau, Zadawa. Marte, Mattiri, Mbulabam, Mina, Missini, Moduri, Mogoniri, Molai, Monguno, Mudu, Muktu, Muna Dalti, Ngala,
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    MID-TERM EVALUATION OF THE CONFLICT ABATEMENT THROUGH LOCAL MITIGATION (CALM) PROJECT IMPLEMENTED BY IFESH UNDER COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT NO. 620-A-00-05-000099-00 JUNE 2009 This publication was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development. It was prepared by ARD, Inc. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The CALM Mid-term Evaluation team extends deep thanks to the some 200 project beneficiaries and partners of CALM in Delta, Kaduna, Kano, Plateau, and Rivers states who generously shared their time and thoughts during our interviews and discussions. We are also grateful to the IFESH/CALM staff for generously providing detailed information on their field activities and contacts, and for arranging a number of key interviews. IFESH headquarters in Phoenix kindly supplemented our documentation on the history and evolution of the project. We are grateful to a number of senior staff from government and donor organizations who expanded our understanding of present and future conflict mitigation and management initiatives in Nigeria. Special thanks goes to USAID Mission Director Sharon Cromer in Abuja for her warm welcome and interest in the evaluation; to the Peace, Democracy and Governance Team for their hands-on support; to staff and team leaders who shared their insights; and to MEMS for review of the project monitoring and evaluation plan. Finally, we gratefully acknowledge the constant and conscientious support of our field research associates: Ali Garba, Institute of Governance and Social Research (IGSR), Jos; Rosemary Osikoya, Jos; Dr. Christy George, Kate Bee Foundation, Port Harcourt; and Kingsley Akeni, AFSTRAG Consults Limited, Warri. This report has been prepared for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), under Contract No.