ArmedConflictLocation List

Id Latitude Longitude Country Geo Name Id Description
5,896,119 -2.51667 32.9 Tanzania Traders of the Makoroboi cloth market placed stones, logs and tires on the street to prevent commuter buses from entering the city of Mwanza. Riots began at 6am after traders found their stalls destroyed in a city clean-up campaign. Police erected barricades and fired tear gas for several hours to disperse crowds.
5,896,125 -2.05 35.6167 Tanzania 2,000 Maasai gathered in Loliondo to protest against lands being converted into hunting grounds for the UAE royal family.
5,896,130 -7.96667 31.61667 Tanzania After several polling stations failed to open, voters blocked roads and torched the office of the ward executive officer at Kizwite in Sumbawanga municipality, burning all ballot papers and ballot boxes. Police fired tear gas to disperse the crowd. Voting in Sumbawanga was postponed; re-vote took place on Dec. 21.
5,896,135 -3.5667 36.95 Tanzania Following elections in Mbuguni District, CHADEMA supporters beat up Makiba Ward Executive Officer Neemani Ndudu.
5,896,140 -1.35 34.3667 Tanzania Hundreds of CHADEMA supporters gathered on Msati Street in Tarime demanding a re-vote from Dec. 14 elections. CCM: Party of the Revolution supposedly won the original vote, but protesters claimed that results had been nullified and a re-vote had been promised for Dec. 16. A Regional Crimes Officer calmed the crowds and told them to return home.
5,896,145 -1.46667 34.51667 Tanzania Unidentified armed group attacked a policeman with a spear at North Mara Gold Mine. 6 intruders arrested.
5,896,151 -10.6833 35.65 Tanzania One taxi driver dead and two police officers injured by a bomb blast at Majengo police quarters in Ruvuma, while police on duty during a Christmas festival. 4 people arrested.
5,896,155 -6.8167 39.2833 Tanzania Persons charged with murder staged a boycott in the Kisutu Resident Magistrate's Court in Dar es Salaam, demanding an explanation for the delay in their case.
5,896,160 -6.795 39.266 Tanzania Mohammed Ayub was lynched by a mob on Jan. 1 in Kinondoni District, for allegedly robbing people the previous day. His death sparked riots and violence by the Panya Road Gang on Jan. 2 in Dar es Salaam.
5,896,033 -2.05 33.86667 Tanzania 10 members of CHADEMA, including 5 district leaders, were arrested as they were planning nationwide protests. Police used teargas to dispel a group of 40 supporters before making these arrests.