ArmedConflictLocation List

Id Latitude Longitude Country Geo Name Id Description
5,656,958 -15.7167 46.3167 Madagascar Followers of a local "apostle" clashed with locals who accuse them of abusing members of the sect. They threw stones at one another for thirty minutes and blocked traffic until police eventually arrested the "apostle" and four others without resistance.
5,656,963 -18.9386 47.5167 Madagascar Labor inspectors went on strike, demanding structural changes within the Ministry of Labor and the Ministry of Public Service.
5,656,966 -17.38189 49.40905 Madagascar Local residents protested in front of the regional gendarmerie office to protest against recent arrests in the area. Police cordoned off the area but no conflict was reported.
5,656,970 -23.3528 43.66997 Madagascar A young man accused of murder was beaten severely by soldiers, and later died of his injuries.
5,656,974 -18.8178 49.07257 Madagascar Angry that a generator was late to be deliverd, a mob blocked National Road 2 using tree trunks until security forces calmed the situation and local leaders agreed to fix the generator while waiting for the new one.
5,656,977 -18.8298 48.31227 Madagascar Employees at a Canadian owned nickel mine went on strike after a sick colleague died. They held a sit-in, claiming the company refused to pay for the sick employee's evacuation and treatment.
5,656,981 -21.22713 48.34987 Madagascar Angry that a neighborhood watchman was recently beaten to death, overnight a mob confronted the police and the situation escalated into arson, tear gas, and live ammunition that killed at least four and injured several on both sides.
5,656,985 -21.22713 48.34987 Madagascar A vigilante mob severly beat two alleged cassava thieves before delivering them to the local police station.
5,656,989 -21.22713 48.34987 Madagascar A local neighborhood watchman took two alleged thiefs to the gendarmerie station and was severely beaten; it is unclear by whom but many allege the police beat him. He died from his injuries later in the hospital.
5,656,993 -18.9386 47.5167 Madagascar A handful of protesters marched in an unauthorized demonstration and their leader, Alain Ramaroson, was arrested.