SocialConflictLocation List

Id Latitude Longitude Country Geo Name Id Description
6,025,857 16.9216 9.0793304 Niger Niger's 850 customs officers stage strike over security concerns. Smugglers and customs men have traded shots, and people have died. Custom's trade union wants better security.
6,025,863 13.5127 2.11252 Niger Several days during which hundreds of students riot over govt. failure to pay overdue grants.
6,025,870 13.5127 2.11252 Niger 8000 people protest in front of the parliament building to protest the banning of a woman's march (itself planned in response to the govt. closing of Niamey University).
6,025,875 13.5127 2.11252 Niger Almost 1000 protesters demonstrate, calling for release of arrested student union leader.
6,025,880 16.9216 9.0793304 Niger Niger's 850 customs officers again go on strike over security issues.
6,025,885 13.5127 2.11252 Niger Niamey airport closed when workers strike to warn officials against pay cuts and privatization.
6,025,891 13.5127 2.11252 Niger Students protesting unpaid grants stage violent protest. One student is hit in the face with a tear gas cannister and dies.
6,025,896 13.5127 2.11252 Niger 3 opposition parties call protest for the day of the president's first anniversary in power. The militants barricade streets with burning tires and clash with police. 1 killed, 20 injured.
6,025,902 18 8.3000002 Niger
6,025,906 17.184999 7.1849999 Niger
6,025,911 17.4216 9.5793304 Niger General strike.
6,025,917 13.5127 2.11252 Niger Around 100 students protest the non-payment of grants. Protest turns violent when police try to dismantle barricades. One injured.
6,025,922 17.1658 7.0928798 Niger Miners strike to demand better protection against Tuareg raids.
6,025,928 16.9667 7.9833298 Niger At a pro-Tuareg rally in Agades, two Niger soldiers throw grenades into the crowd, killing 6.
6,025,934 16.9216 9.0793304 Niger Niger's teachers strike demanding better pay.
6,025,939 16.9216 9.0793304 Niger Niger's national labor federation (UTSN) calls on public sector employees to strike for 48 hours. Although some workers strike, most do not. Strike is over pay increases.
6,025,945 13.5127 2.11252 Niger Accused mastermind of 1993 hijacking stages 2 week hunger strike. Govt. eventually promises to deal with his case quickly.
6,025,951 13.5127 2.11252 Niger About 100 protesters demonstrate against imprisonment of accused mastermind of 1993 hijacking. (see line 12).
6,025,957 13.5127 2.11252 Niger 3000 people demonstrate in front of the state media building at the bidding of a union that recruits from govt. workers.
6,025,963 13.5127 2.11252 Niger Thousands of people surge into the streets to support their parties in advance of an election.
6,025,971 13.5127 2.11252 Niger Thousands of workers take to the streets to protest lack of pay and govt's careless attitude.
6,025,976 13.5127 2.11252 Niger Journalists and technical staff at Niger's state media stage strike over salary arrears.
6,025,981 13.5127 2.11252 Niger 4000 people organized by human rights groups, unions, parties, and parents associations protest and call for a rescue plan for the cash strapped schools and university.
6,025,988 14.25 13.11 Niger Fulani and Toubou tribesmen clash over cattle rustling.
6,025,995 19.0333 12.9033 Niger Five men caught attacking a military outpost. A day later, the Niger military kills them. 15 others are captured.
6,026,001 16.809799 5.64711 Niger 15 Tuaregs of umbrella resistance organization (OAR) clash with Arab militiamen. 15 OAR militants killed.
6,026,008 13.3167 12.6167 Niger Chadian rebels attack Niger soldiers.
6,026,015 16.9667 7.9833298 Niger Political groupings in president's home town stage general stay-home protest, causing a stoppage. It ends suddenly with the unexpected arrival of a caravan.
6,026,021 13.5127 2.11252 Niger 2000 students hold a violent demonstration to claim a year's arrears in grants.
6,026,026 13.5127 2.11252 Niger Military overthrows the govt. 5 die in brief fighting. Military action claimed as arising from corruption of civilian govt.
6,026,033 13.5127 2.11252 Niger Thousands of people march to support the recent coup.
6,026,038 14.1192 12.9556 Niger Toubou rebels clash with soldiers in the Lake Chad region.
6,026,044 17.4918 13.4583 Niger
6,026,052 17.4216 9.5793304 Niger Niger's mining sector strikes.
6,026,058 13.5127 2.11252 Niger Several hundred opposition protesters gather to oppose elections in Niamey and Zinder. Police use tear gas.
6,026,061 13.8053 8.9883299 Niger Several hundred opposition protesters gather to oppose elections in Niamey and Zinder. Police use tear gas.
6,026,066 13.5127 2.11252 Niger Teachers strike to protest election.
6,026,071 13.5127 2.11252 Niger Student protest non payment of grants. Police use tear gas.
6,026,076 13.5127 2.11252 Niger Thousands of anti-govt protesters demonstrate. Police use tear gas.
6,026,081 13.5127 2.11252 Niger 2000 people protest arrest of 3 opposition leaders.
6,026,087 17.4216 9.5793304 Niger Electricity workers strike to protest privitization.
6,026,093 17.4216 9.5793304 Niger Govt workers strike for overdue wages.
6,026,098 13.5127 2.11252 Niger protesters organized by opposition parties. Police use tear gas.
6,026,103 13.5127 2.11252 Niger Electricity workers strike to protest arrest of a dozen colleagues in an earlier strike.
6,026,108 13.5127 2.11252 Niger Civil servants strike over pay cuts.
6,026,114 13.5127 2.11252 Niger Civil servants strike over pay cuts.
6,026,119 13.5127 2.11252 Niger Civil servants strike over pay cuts.
6,026,124 17.4216 9.5793304 Niger Health care workers strike nationwide.
6,026,129 17.4216 9.5793304 Niger
6,026,135 17.4216 9.5793304 Niger Teachers strike over outstanding pay.