ArmedConflictLocation List

Id Latitude Longitude Country Geo Name Id Description
5,636,006 5.8808 -10.0466 Liberia Supporters of Independent senatorial candidate Gabriel Buchanan Smith raided and vandalized Radio Gbehzohn after Smith was denied the purchase of airtime. The rioters destroyed transmitters, laptops and desktop computers. An arrest warrant was issued for Smith for allegedly instigating the riots.
5,636,011 6.33697 -10.74083 Liberia Unidentified armed group used a petrol bomb to set fire to the home of senatorial candidate Robert Sirleaf's campaign coordinator Flomo Yarsiah. Yarsiah and other members of the campaign were holding a meeting in the house at the time. No injuries reported.
5,636,014 6.31 -10.8 Liberia Hundreds of widows of soldiers stormed the Capitol Building demanding benefits supposedly owed by the government. The women barricaded the main entrance to the building preventing traffic from entering.
5,636,018 6.31 -10.8 Liberia CDC supporters threw stones at Robert Sirleaf's campaign vehicle in PHP Blue Field area of Monrovia.
5,636,024 6.31 -10.8 Liberia Supporters of Robert Sirleaf attacked CDC/Ambassador Weah supporters in Rally Town Market in Monrovia, using rocks and deadly weapons. Eight injured.
5,636,028 6.31 -10.8 Liberia CDC supporters threw stones at Sirleaf's convoy as it passed CDC Headquarters during Sirleaf's campaign rally in Monrovia.
5,636,032 6.31 -10.8 Liberia Several senators including Dan Morias (NPP) and Jewel Howard Taylor (NPP) marched at police headquarters in Monrovia to demand the release of Senator Lahai G. Lansanah and his wife, both arrested Wednesday (Dec. 24) in Tubmanburg following voters' threats to set fire to the National Elections Commission Office.
5,636,037 6.07 -8.13 Liberia Over the weekend of Dec. 27-28, hundreds of Muslim community members protested against the clearing of Zwedru Central Cemetary for new use as a burial site for Ebola victims. County authorities immediately ordered the relocation of the site to nearer the Ebola Treatment Center.
5,636,042 5.88 -10.05 Liberia Towards the end of December 2014, rioters attacked and looted the homes of managers of the No Way Camp, Marloi Township, in Grand Bassa County, after paying to obtain jobs at the gold mine but being denied work and refund of fees paid. Security guards at the mining site opened fire on the rioters and allegedly killed an unspecified number of people. A dozen men fled and jumped into a 40-foot gold pit and died when a dirt wall fell on top of them. Government security has been deployed to the camp and the camp has been closed indefinitely. At least 20 dead.
5,636,048 6.35 -10.78 Liberia Marketeers of the Public Works market on Bushrod Island allegedly attacked court officers to resist eviction.