Africa: Conflicts Without Borders 2009
Dataset Summary
| Agency: | Department of State |
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| Category: | Other |
| Date Released: | 01-Dec-2007 |
| Date Updated: | 01-Sep-2009 |
| Time Period: | years |
| Frequency: | semi-annual |
| Description: | Conflicts Without Borders, which visualizes conflict in Africa as sub-national and transnational areas of armed conflict, inter-communal strife, and political violence that occurred in the first seven months of 2009. Areas of conflict were drawn around locations of reported conflict incidents in 2009, as well as around concentrations of internally displaced persons inside affected countries and cross-border rebel bases and refugee camps in neighboring countries. (more) |
Dataset Information
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Data.gov Data Category Type
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Raw Data Catalog
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| Specialized Data Category Designation | Other |
| Keywords | Africa, armed conflict, inter-communal strife, political violence, piracy incidents, taregted attacks, refugees, displaced |
| Unique ID | 1200 |
Contributing Agency Information
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Citation
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Conflicts without Borders http://hiu.state.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=public.display&shortcut=JF4R
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| Agency Program Page | http://hiu.state.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=public.display&shortcut=JFCH |
| Agency Data Series Page | http://hiu.state.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=public.display&shortcut=CXS3 |
Dataset Coverage
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Unit of Analysis
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news updates
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| Granularity | sub-national and transnational |
| Geographic Coverage | Africa |
Data Description
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Collection Mode
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computer
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| Data Collection Instrument | computer |
| Data Dictionary/Variable List | Conflict, border, sub-national, nationwide, transnational, armed, locations |
Additional Dataset Documentation
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Technical Documentation
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| Additional Metadata |
OMB Control No. 3090-0284
