SocialConflictLocation List

Id Latitude Longitude Country Geo Name Id Description
6,047,901 .39084101 9.45364 Gabon Municipal workers protest over non-payment of wages.
6,047,907 -.65047902 11.9944 Gabon Oil workers strike, protesting jobs going to foreign workers.
6,047,913 .39084101 9.45364 Gabon A failed presidential candidate declares himself the winner of an election, in events directly inspired by those in the Ivory Coast. 30 of his supporters protest in the streets, but they are dispersed by police with tear gas.
6,047,919 -.65047902 11.9944 Gabon The oil worker's union strikes to restrict the employment of foreign workers.
6,047,925 -.65047902 11.9944 Gabon Teachers strike for many months.
6,047,930 .39084101 9.45364 Gabon Leaders of the Conasysed (National Convention of Education Sector Trade Unions) begin a hunger strike to pressure the government to pay them their salaries.
6,047,937 .39084101 9.45364 Gabon Students of Omar Bongo university demanded that scholarships be paid and protested against the 27 year age limit for scholarships. The proteste turned violent after police arrived. Two were arrested, and three students were wounded. Students and police clashed for similar reasons in January.
6,047,945 .39084101 9.45364 Gabon Students and Police clashed at Omar Bongo university, again over scholarship payments. Students threw stones at police who were there at the school ractor's request. Police responded with teargas. Students then began burning things in the street to stop traffic
6,047,953 .39084101 9.45364 Gabon 19 Omar Bongo university students were arrested after their strike led them to clash with police. They were released a few days later on bail.
6,047,960 .39084101 9.45364 Gabon Enough is Enough held a protest against the National Communications Control
6,047,968 .39084101 9.45364 Gabon Police broke up an unauthorized demonstration in support of main opposition, Andre Mba Obame. The protest turned violent as demonstrators set up barricades and burned cars and trash cans while police launched teargas. Of the approximately 2,000 demonstrators, 57 were arrested, dozens were injured, and one woman was killed.
6,047,976 .39084101 9.45364 Gabon Armed men attacke and set fire to the TV+ station, an oppostition television network.
6,047,982 .39084101 9.45364 Gabon The outlawed opposition party, National Union, staged a protest calling for a national conference and sweeping reforms. 1,500 people attended the protest.
6,047,989 .39084101 9.45364 Gabon Six men entered the opposition-owned TV+ station, attacked and injured a guard, before fleeing when more guards arrived.
6,047,994 -.716667 8.78333 Gabon Employees at Gabon's sole oil refinery launched a strike over redundancies and the closure of several employee medical services
6,048,001 .39084101 9.45364 Gabon Students and anti-riot police clashed over non-payment of bursaries
6,048,007 .39084101 9.45364 Gabon Thousands of people marched to protest ritual killings
6,048,013 .39084101 9.45364 Gabon Protesters demonstrating against the participation of first lady Ondimba in a protest against ritual killings on the same day
6,048,019 -.716667 8.78333 Gabon Pirates hijacked an oil tanker with a 20-person crew and released the tanker in Nigerian waters on 7/22 after stealing crude oil and oil products
6,048,025 .39084101 9.45364 Gabon Students and teachers protested against poorly paid teaching posts and against overcrowded classrooms
6,048,031 .39084101 9.45364 Gabon Students protest education reform and final high school exam results
6,048,036 .39084101 9.45364 Gabon Opposition demands the resignation of president Ali Bongo Ondimba
6,048,041 -.65047902 11.9944 Gabon Ping is an opposition figure to Ondimba and 200 youths supposedly recruited by Ondimba surrounded Ping's home for unknown reasons.
6,048,049 -.65047902 11.9944 Gabon Teachers, public and private sector workers are on strike demanding backpay and low wages.
6,048,059 .39084101 9.45364 Gabon Andre Mba Obame's death sparked violent riots in Gabon, resulting in the tourching of Benin's embassy in Gabon.
6,048,065 -.65047902 11.9944 Gabon There have been clashes between opposition supporters and police for unknown reasons sparked by Obame's death.
6,048,070 6.50456 20.6024 Central African Republic Teacher strike, demanding democracy. Retrospective reporting from 1993 notes that schools are closed for four years in a row due to strikes.
6,048,075 4.3617001 18.556 Central African Republic Civil servants strike over overdue wages.
6,048,081 4.3617001 18.556 Central African Republic protesters clash with police in the capital. Police use tear gas.
6,048,086 4.3617001 18.556 Central African Republic Private sector employees strike seeking pay raises.
6,048,092 4.3617001 18.556 Central African Republic Students organize a strike in the capital to force military ruler Andre Kolingba to convene a national conference. The strike is widely followed by public transport workers and traders.
6,048,098 4.3617001 18.556 Central African Republic General strike in the capital over pay issues. Police use tear gas against demonstrators when they stone vehicles (coded as riot escalation).
6,048,104 4.3617001 18.556 Central African Republic Violent protest. Police crack down with tear gas. 34 arrested.
6,048,109 4.3617001 18.556 Central African Republic Schools closed by strikes over back pay.
6,048,115 4.3617001 18.556 Central African Republic Govt. arrests unknown number of trade unionists.
6,048,122 4.3617001 18.556 Central African Republic protesters attack French citizens demanding that France back the fight to end Andre Kolingba's reign. Students protest kidnapping of student union leader and call for prime minister's resignation.
6,048,129 4.3617001 18.556 Central African Republic protesters support a general strike. Between 7 and 20 people are killed. The strike and the incident are described retrospectively only. Few details are given.
6,048,134 4.3617001 18.556 Central African Republic Students protest having no school due to strikes. Govt. disperses.
6,048,139 4.3617001 18.556 Central African Republic Two policemen hurt when teargas grenades explode in their hands.
6,048,145 4.3617001 18.556 Central African Republic Young protesters wreck vehicles beloning to World Bank educational project.
6,048,150 4.3617001 18.556 Central African Republic Peaceful protest
6,048,156 6.49124 17.455 Central African Republic Teachers strike, demanding reinstatement of five colleagues fired by the president.
6,048,161 4.3617001 18.556 Central African Republic Pro democracy protest. One protester is bludgeoned to death.
6,048,167 6.00456 20.1024 Central African Republic Violent protest reported retrospectively. Number, location, and cause not given.
6,048,172 6.00456 20.1024 Central African Republic Strike reported retrospectively.
6,048,179 4.3617001 18.556 Central African Republic Military forces seize a radio station and surround the presidential office, demanding back pay. A civilian is shot when troops try to requisition his car.
6,048,184 4.3617001 18.556 Central African Republic Election related violence. Goumba supporters attack the home of one of Kolingba's allies. The Presidential Guard intervenes.
6,048,191 4.3617001 18.556 Central African Republic Staff of UDEAC strikes over back pay.
6,048,197 4.3617001 18.556 Central African Republic A military tribunal sentences 4 paramilitary police to death for killing a demonstrator in 1992. A riot ensues in the courtroom.
6,048,203 4.3617001 18.556 Central African Republic 2000 teachers march demanding back pay.