Conflict Trends April 2017

This month’s issue focuses on the scope and scale
of operations conducted by the Kamwina Nsapu
militia across the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, banditry attacks and retaliatory communal violence in Madagascar, the surge of violence in Mali following the recent merger between Islamist groups into the Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen (AQM) group and reduced rebel group activity in Sudan after a period of concessions following the ceasefire agreement.