General information
Type of Incompatibility: Not applicable
Date of first battle related death: 1998-01-31
Date of conflict reached 25 battle releated deaths: 1998-03-06
Comment on conflict reached 25 battle releated deaths: The non-state conflict between the Masalit and Reizegat Abbala is first included in UCDP data in 1998. In February and March of that year, the two sides clashed in and around the town of Geneina, resulting in at least 100 battle-related deaths.
Annual information
This section contains annual information systematically collected by the UCDP.
1998
Primary Parties: Masalit - Rizeigat Abbala
Dimension: Non-State
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 100 |
| Best | 100 |
| Low | 100 |
Numbers include fatalities for all dyads both active and inactive for this year
1999
Primary Parties: Masalit - Rizeigat Abbala
Dimension: Non-State
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 380 |
| Best | 300 |
| Low | 300 |
Numbers include fatalities for all dyads both active and inactive for this year
2015
Primary Parties: -
Dimension: Non-State
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 0 |
| Best | 0 |
| Low | 0 |
Numbers include fatalities for all dyads both active and inactive for this year
2016
Primary Parties: -
Dimension: Non-State
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 12 |
| Best | 12 |
| Low | 12 |
Numbers include fatalities for all dyads both active and inactive for this year
2019
Primary Parties: -
Dimension: Non-State
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 4 |
| Best | 0 |
| Low | 0 |
Numbers include fatalities for all dyads both active and inactive for this year
Conflict Archive
This section contains annual information no longer systematically collected by the UCDP.
1998 Conflict Archive
Comment on Activity: Beginning in late January of 1998, the Masalit and Reizegat Abbala tribes had several violent clashes in Western Darfur continuing throughout the year. Over 100 people died and at least 46 villages were burnt down during the fighting.
In March, the Sudanese government in Khartoum sent a delegation to the town of Geneina in an attempt to resolve the dispute.
Terminated: NO
1999 Conflict Archive
Comment on Activity: Fighting between the Masalit and the Reizegat Abbala continued with several clashes between the two groups in Western Darfur. In January, President Omar Hassan al-Bashir imposed emergency rule in Western Darfur due to the violent conflict, which removed the state governor from power and the region, instead handing control to the army and government forces directly.
Security forces were able to briefly bring the fighting under control in January, before it escalated again at the end of the month. In mid-February, the Khartoum government sent the minister of Federal Relations, Ahmed Ibrahim al-Tahir, and Lieutenant-General Mohamed Ahmed al-Dabi, President Bashir’s special envoy to Western Darfur, to the region to mediate and resolve the situation.
In early June, a government-hosted reconciliation meeting concluded in an accord between the Masalit and Reizegat Abbala, ending the fighting and stipulating yearly meetings to organise the contentious issue of distributing water and grazing resources.
Terminated: NO
2015 Conflict Archive
Terminated: NO
2016 Conflict Archive
Terminated: NO
2019 Conflict Archive
Terminated: NO
