Live Intelligence Layer

AfroConflict

An operational dashboard for tracking armed conflict across Africa, pressure on civilians, and spillover risk with a cleaner jump from regional scan to conflict dossier.

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Coverage Conflict theatres, spillover exposure, displacement, and actor networks.
Inputs ACLED, UNHCR, World Bank, analyst notes, and manual verification layers.
Workflow Scan the map, pin the watchlist, then open a dossier only when you need depth.
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Filter theatre

Trim the signal without losing the regional picture.

Search by country or conflict, isolate urgency, or widen the aperture to include global pressure on Africa.

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Operational snapshot

What changed across the theatre

Fast-read totals for scope, displacement, fatalities, military spend, spillover, and recent escalation pressure.

Brief builder

Turn the dashboard into a situation brief

Create a copyable field note for humanitarian, security, media, or supply-chain users. This does not replace source verification; it packages the current dashboard data so teams know what to check next.

Source notes

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Marker size reflects estimated fatalities
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Priority watchlist

Click a conflict or map marker to pin it as the live briefing.

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Recent events

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Static dossiers

Clean static dossiers for high-signal conflicts

17 Africa-scope dossiers now resolve through /tools/africa-conflict/conflicts/<slug>/ routes. Query detail pages remain noindex fallbacks.

Escalating | Civil War Sudan Civil War (SAF vs RSF) The Sudan Civil War began on April 15, 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF... Escalating | Insurgency Sahel Regional Security Crisis The Sahel crisis is a regional phenomenon rather than a single conflict — a belt of intersecting jihadist insurgencie... Escalating | Insurgency Mali — Sahel Jihadist Insurgency The Mali conflict began with the 2012 Tuareg uprising and subsequent jihadist takeover of northern Mali. French Barkh... Escalating | Insurgency Burkina Faso — Jihadist Insurgency Burkina Faso has experienced rapid conflict deterioration since 2015, accelerating after two coups in 2022. JNIM and... Escalating | Proxy War Eastern DRC — M23/FDLR Insurgency Eastern DRC has experienced near-continuous conflict since the 1990s. The latest cycle, driven by the M23 rebel group... Active | Insurgency Somalia — Al-Shabaab Insurgency Al-Shabaab has waged an insurgency against the Somali Federal Government and AMISOM/ATMIS peacekeeping forces since 2... Active | Civil War South Sudan — Persistent Conflict South Sudan's civil war, beginning in 2013 between forces loyal to President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Macha... Active | Insurgency Nigeria — Boko Haram / ISWAP Insurgency The Boko Haram insurgency, now split between ISWAP (Islamic State West Africa Province) and Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid...