Except for the Government of Eritrea, which was responsible for a combined 1,555 deaths in the conflicts in Yemen and Ethiopia, the Government of Ethiopia was responsible for the highest number of deaths due to one-sided violence in Africa in 2021. In its own country as well as in neighboring Sudan, the Ethiopian Government was responsible for more than 1,100 deaths. Moreover, a coalition of the Government of Ethiopia and the Government of Eritrea stood behind nearly 900 killings in Ethiopia that year. The Union of Revolutionaries for the Defense of the Congolese People (URDPC) was the non-state actor behind the highest number of deadly victims of one-sided violence in Africa in 2021.
Number of fatalities due to one sided-violence in Africa in 2021, by perpetrator and place of conflict
Party involved (Location)
Fatalities
Government of Eritrea (Ethiopia, Yemen)
1,555
Government of Ethiopia (Ethiopia, Sudan)
1,117
Government of Ethiopia and Government of Eritrea (Ethiopia)
877
URDPC (DR Congo)
408
JNIM (Burkina Faso, Mali)
295
TPLF (Ethiopia)
293
Zaire self-defense group (DR Congo)
182
People Committed to Propagating the Prophet's Teachings and Jihad (Cameroon, Niger, Nigeria)
102
Government of DR Congo (DR Congo)
99
Al-Shabaab (Kenya, Somalia)
87
Government of Sudan (Sudan)
80
CPC (Central African Republic)
79
FPIC (DR Congo)
57
Government of Cameroon (Cameroon)
55
Government of Burundi (Burundi)
52
UPC (Central African Republic)
50
Government of eSwatini(Swaziland) (eSwatini*Swaziland)
47
Government of South Sudan (South Sudan)
46
IPOB (Nigeria)
37
Ambazonia Insurgents (Cameroon, Nigeria)
35
Bonta Boys (Nigeria)
33
Yan Sakai (Nigeria)
32
AFP-Gutabara, Ngumino (DR Congo)
30
Government of Mali (Mali)
27
Government of Central African Republic (Central African Republic)
Values do not include the fatalities caused by Islamic State in Africa as the source does not contain regional fatality figures. In total, 3,036 people were killed by the Islamic State in 2021 in Afghanistan, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Egypt, Iraq, Libya, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tunisia and the United Kingdom.
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