BURUNDI, SECOND QUARTER 2018: Update on incidents according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) - Updated 2nd edition compiled by ACCORD, 20 December 2018 Number of reported incidents with at least one fatality Number of reported fatalities National borders: GADM, November 2015b; administrative divisions: GADM, November 2015a; incid- ent data: ACLED, 15 December 2018; coastlines and inland waters: Smith and Wessel, 1 May 2015 BURUNDI, SECOND QUARTER 2018: UPDATE ON INCIDENTS ACCORDING TO THE ARMED CONFLICT LOCATION & EVENT DATA PROJECT (ACLED) - UPDATED 2ND EDITION COMPILED BY ACCORD, 20 DECEMBER 2018 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 217 64 110 Conflict incidents by category 2 Riots/protests 33 0 0 Development of conflict incidents from June 2016 to June 2018 2 Strategic developments 19 0 0 Battles 15 6 13 Methodology 3 Total 284 70 123 Conflict incidents per province 4 This table is based on data from ACLED (datasets used: ACLED, 15 December 2018). Localization of conflict incidents 4 Development of conflict incidents from June 2016 to June Disclaimer 6 2018 This graph is based on data from ACLED (datasets used: ACLED, 15 December 2018). 2 BURUNDI, SECOND QUARTER 2018: UPDATE ON INCIDENTS ACCORDING TO THE ARMED CONFLICT LOCATION & EVENT DATA PROJECT (ACLED) - UPDATED 2ND EDITION COMPILED BY ACCORD, 20 DECEMBER 2018 Methodology Geographic map data is primarily based on GADM, complemented with other sources if necessary. ACLED’s location data is then used to locate incidents in these The data used in this report was collected by the Armed Conflict Location & Event maps. Incidents that could not be located are ignored. The numbers included in this Data Project (ACLED). ACLED collects data on reported conflict events in selected overview might therefore differ from the original ACLED data. ACLED uses varying African and Asian countries, Burundi being among them. ACLED researchers degrees of geographic precision for the individual incidents, depending on what collect event data from a variety of sources and code them by date, location, level of detail is reported. Thus, towns may represent the wider region in which agent, and event type. an incident occured, or the provincial capital may be used if only the province is known. Erroneous location data, especially due to identical place names, cannot be fully excluded. Most of the data collected by ACLED is gathered based on publicly available, secondary reports. It may therefore underestimate the volume of events. Fatality Incidents comprise the following categories: battles, headquarters or bases es- data particularly is vulnerable to bias and inaccurate reporting, and ACLED states tablished, non-violent strategic activities, riots/protests, violence against civilians, to use the most conservative estimate available. ACLED uses the reports’ context non-violent transfer of territory, remote violence. For details on these categories, to estimate fatalities for events with reported fatalities for which the exact number please see is unknown (“10” for plural fatalities, “100” if “hundreds” are mentioned, 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) Codebook; ACLED - ASIA, 2015 http://www.acleddata.com/wp- content/uploads/2015/07/ACLED_ Based on this data, the Austrian Centre for Country of Origin & Asylum Research Codebook_2015_ASIA-CR.pdf and Documentation (ACCORD) compiles updates on conflict incidents and pub- lishes them on ecoi.net to offer another access point to the ACLED datasets. • ACLED – Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project: Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED) Codebook, 2017 This 2nd edition replaces the previously published overviews on the same reporting http://www.acleddata.com/wp- content/uploads/2017/01/ACLED_ period and is based on updated ACLED data. Codebook_2017.pdf It is advised to employ extreme caution when using fatality numbers. • ACLED – Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project: User Guide, January 2017 Assessments of the security situation should not be based solely on quantitative http://www.acleddata.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ACLED_User- analysis of event data. Guide_2017.pdf The two maps above serve to compare the number of reported fatalities (poten- tially containing estimates) to the number of events with reported fatalities. 3 BURUNDI, SECOND QUARTER 2018: UPDATE ON INCIDENTS ACCORDING TO THE ARMED CONFLICT LOCATION & EVENT DATA PROJECT (ACLED) - UPDATED 2ND EDITION COMPILED BY ACCORD, 20 DECEMBER 2018 Conflict incidents per province 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 Number of of event locations are taken from ACLED, while the administrative region names Number of Number of Province incidents with are taken from GADM data which serves as the basis for the maps above. incidents fatalities fatalities Bubanza 20 3 5 In Bubanza, 20 incidents killing 5 people were reported. The following locations Bujumbura Mairie 27 3 3 were among the affected: Bubanza, Buhororo, Butanuka, Gahwazi, Gatagura, Gihanga, Kagwena, Mpanda, Musenyi, Muzinda, Nyomvyi. Bujumbura Rural 19 1 7 Bururi 12 3 3 In Bujumbura Mairie, 27 incidents killing 3 people were reported. The following Cankuzo 17 3 3 locations were among the affected: Bujumbura, Buterere, Bwiza, Cibitoke, Cibitoke 21 6 37 Kamenge, Kizingwe, Muha, Mutakura, Mutanga, Mutimbuzi, Ngagara, Gitega 23 13 15 Ntahangwa, Nyabugete, Nyakabiga, Rohero. Karuzi 16 3 3 In Bujumbura Rural, 19 incidents killing 7 people were reported. The following Kayanza 32 3 3 locations were among the affected: Carama, Gatumba, Gitaza, Ijenda, Isale, Kirundo 28 12 16 Kanyosha, Magara, Mayuyu, Rutongo, Rwibaga. Makamba 10 3 3 Muramvya 7 0 0 In Bururi, 12 incidents killing 3 people were reported. The following locations Muyinga 10 7 14 were among the affected: Bururi, Gatete, Kirama, Kizuka, Murago, Rumonge, Runyinya, Taba. Mwaro 2 0 0 Ngozi 14 4 4 In Cankuzo, 17 incidents killing 3 people were reported. The following locations Rutana 8 3 3 were among the affected: Bumba, Cankuzo, Cendajuru, Gisagara, Kaniha, Ruyigi 18 3 4 Kigamba, Mishiha, Rabiro, Rusagara, Twinkwavu. In Cibitoke, 21 incidents killing 37 people were reported. The following locations Localization of conflict incidents were among the affected: Cibitoke, Cunyu, Gasenyi, Kibaya, Mabayi, Mahande, Masango, Mugina, Murwi, Nyamitanga, Ruhagarika, Ruhororo, Note: The following list is an overview of the incident data included in the ACLED Sehe. 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 In Gitega, 23 incidents killing 15 people were reported. The following locations 4 BURUNDI, SECOND QUARTER 2018: UPDATE ON INCIDENTS ACCORDING TO THE ARMED CONFLICT LOCATION & EVENT DATA PROJECT (ACLED) - UPDATED 2ND EDITION COMPILED BY ACCORD, 20 DECEMBER 2018 were among the affected: Birohe, Bugendana, Butamuheba, Gaterama, In Ngozi, 14 incidents killing 4 people were reported. The following locations Giheta, Gitega, Mirama, Mungwa, Nyakigina, Nyamugari, Runyeri. were among the affected: Burenge, Gitanga, Kigomero, Kinyami, Kiremba, Mubanga, Mwibanda, Ngozi, Nkanda, Nyanza, Rukeco, Runda. In Karuzi, 16 incidents killing 3 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Bugenyuzi, Buhiga, Gihogazi, Gitaramuka, Karuzi, In Rutana, 8 incidents killing 3 people were reported. The following locations Kibenga, Kigoma, Mwoya, Rugwiza, Taba. were among the affected: Kanyererwe, Mpinga-Kayove, Mugombwa, Muzye, Ngoma, Rutana. In Kayanza, 32 incidents killing 3 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Burengo, Butaganzwa, Gatara, Kabuye, Karama, In Ruyigi, 18 incidents killing 4 people were reported. The following locations were Kayanza, Kiramahira, Kiryama, Kivoga, Manga, Mufunya, Muhanga, among the affected: Bweru, Gacokwe, Kabuyenge, Kigamba, Kinama, Kirambi, Muremera, Musema, Mwenene, Nyabibuye, Rango, Rohororo, Rukago, Kirungu, Mayanza, Muhwazi, Ndemeka, Nyabitsinda, Nyagahanda, Nyakiga, Rukere, Ruzingati. Rubavu, Rugaragara, Ruyigi. In Kirundo, 28 incidents killing 16 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Bugabira, Buhoro, Burara, Gasave, Gitobe, Higiro, Kavomo, Kigozi, Kinyovu, Kirundo, Kiyonza, Mukerwa, Ntega, Nyakibingo, Rugasa, Runanira, Vumbi, Yaranda. In Makamba, 10 incidents killing 3 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Buheka, Bukeye, Gatabo, Kazirabageni, Mabanda, Murambi, Nyakazi, Nyankara, Rubimba. In Muramvya, 7 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Cumba, Gatabo, Kanyami, Muramvya, Nkonyovu, Rutegama. In Muyinga, 10 incidents killing 14 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Butihinda, Gasorwe, Gitaramuka, Kamaramagambo, Kibogoye, Kwibuye, Muyinga. In Mwaro, 2 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Mbogora, Mwaro. 5 BURUNDI, SECOND QUARTER