Table 3 Summary of conflict event types by WHO AFR sub-region September 2018 – August 2019
| Region | Battles |
Explosion Remote violence | Protests | Riots | Strategic developments | Violence against civilians |
Total by region (% of total) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Africa | 30 | 2 | 827 | 759 | 43 | 250 | 1911 (12.5) |
| Eastern Africa | 517 | 28 | 359 | 271 | 152 | 770 | 2097 (13.7) |
| Central Africa | 1199 | 84 | 561 | 309 | 540 | 1895 | 4588 (30.0) |
| Western Africa | 1023 | 273 | 2647 | 648 | 518 | 1568 | 6677 (43.7) |
|
Total events (% of total) | 2769 (18.1) |
387 (2.5) |
4394 (28.8) |
1987 (13.0) |
1253 (8.2) |
4483 (29.4) | 15,273 |