SIPRI Yearbook 2021
7. Armed conflict and peace processes in sub-Saharan Africa
There were at least 20 states (out of a total of 49 states) with active armed conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa in 2020: Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic (CAR), Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda. Ten were low-intensity, subnational armed conflicts, and 10 were high-intensity armed conflicts. Except for CAR and Somalia, all the other 18 armed conflicts had higher estimated conflict-related fatalities in 2020 than in 2019. For the region as a whole the increase was about 41 per cent. Sub-Saharan Africa also overtook the Middle East and North Africa in 2020 as the region with the most conflict-related fatalities.
- Citation (MLA):
- Davis, Ian. "7. Armed conflict and peace processes in sub-Saharan Africa." SIPRI Yearbook. SIPRI. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2016. Web. 3 Oct. 2023. <https://www.sipriyearbook.org/view/9780192847577/sipri-9780192847577-chapter-007.xml>.
- Citation (APA):
- Davis, I. (2016). 7. Armed conflict and peace processes in sub-Saharan Africa. In SIPRI, SIPRI Yearbook 2021: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 3 Oct. 2023, from https://www.sipriyearbook.org/view/9780192847577/sipri-9780192847577-chapter-007.xml
- Citation (Chicago):
- Davis, Ian. "7. Armed conflict and peace processes in sub-Saharan Africa." In SIPRI Yearbook 2021: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security, SIPRI. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016). Retrieved 3 Oct. 2023, from https://www.sipriyearbook.org/view/9780192847577/sipri-9780192847577-chapter-007.xml
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