General information
Type of Incompatibility: Not applicable
Date of first battle related death: 1989-04-01
Date of conflict reached 25 battle releated deaths: 1989-04-25
Comment on conflict reached 25 battle releated deaths: The non-state conflict between Mauritanian and Senegalese is first included in UCDP data in 1989. In April that year, clashes resulted in more than 160 battle-related deaths.
Annual information
This section contains annual information systematically collected by the UCDP.
1989
Primary Parties: Mauritanian - Senegalese
Dimension: Non-State
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 637 |
| Best | 221 |
| Low | 221 |
Numbers include fatalities for all dyads both active and inactive for this year
1998
Primary Parties: -
Dimension: Non-State
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 7 |
| Best | 7 |
| Low | 7 |
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.
1989 Conflict Archive
Comment on Activity: The conflict between Mauritanians and Senegalese was ignited by a land dispute on the border between the two countries. Cattle raisers on both sides of the border claimed ownership of the same territory, which resulted in a conflict that in early April claimed the lives of two people. The violence was then transferred to the capitals of the respective countries, with riots and ethnically motivated killings. During a few days in late April over 150 people lost their lives in the two capitals of Mauretania and Senegal.
Comment on Yearly Battle Related Deaths: The discrepancy concerning the high and best figure is due to the tumultuous nature of the violence. The deaths reported were all recorded during a couple of days in late April, and the context was chaotic, with riots, looting, arson attacks and mobs armed with clubs and machetes which made the estimation of the number of fatalities difficult. It is also difficult to distinguish between battle related deaths, and those fatalities that were purely one-sided in nature.
Terminated: NO
1998 Conflict Archive
Terminated: NO
