This appendix summarizes updates to the original dataset used in Wood and Thomas (2017). The changes detailed below reflect new information uncovered since the publication of the original dataset and additional cases included by expanding the coding back to 1964. For each case, I include the Dyad ID number from the UCDP dataset, the group name, the country in which the conflict was located, and the original and updated coding (“best”/”high”).
The full dataset is available at the author’s website (https://
Table A.1 Version History
UCDP ID |
Name |
Country |
Previous code (best/high) |
New code (best/high) |
Notes |
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7 |
UNITA |
Angola |
0/3 |
1/3 |
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25 |
Abkhazian separatists |
Georgia |
0/1 |
1/1 |
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36 |
Al-Qaeda |
United States and others |
Missing |
1/1 |
Suicide bomber only |
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40 |
RCD |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
0/1 |
1/1 |
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131 |
AFRC |
Sierra Leone |
Missing |
1/2 |
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149 |
Holy Spirit Movement |
Uganda |
Missing |
1/1 |
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286/453 |
NCSN-IM/K |
India |
0/0 |
0/1 |
Split into distinct factions. Scores unchanged |
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303 |
Serbian Republic of Krajina |
Bosnia |
Missing |
1/1 |
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306 |
KNU |
Myanmar |
2/3 |
0/1 |
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310 |
NMSP |
Myanmar |
Missing |
1/3 |
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312 |
RSO |
Myanmar |
Missing |
0/0 |
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343 |
EPL |
Colombia |
Missing |
1/1 |
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364 |
Khmer Rouge |
Cambodia |
1/1 |
1/2 |
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367 |
PMR |
Moldova |
Missing |
0/0 |
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378 |
KPNLF |
Cambodia |
Missing |
0/0 |
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382 |
Lao Resistance Movement |
Laos |
Missing |
0/0 |
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383 |
Christian militias |
Lebanon |
2/3 |
1/2 |
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419 |
PFLP |
Israel/Lebanon |
1/1 |
1/2 |
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435 |
EJIM |
Eritrea |
Missing |
0/0 |
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446 |
Ahlul Sunnah Jamaa |
Nigeria |
Missing |
0/0 |
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448 |
ISIS |
Iraq/Syria |
0/0 |
1/1 |
Suicide bomber only (beginning 2018) |
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464* |
ELN |
Bolivia |
0/1 |
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500* |
ELN |
Peru |
0/0 |
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521* |
Islamic Charter Front |
Sudan |
0/0 |
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544* |
Baluchi insurgents |
Pakistan |
0/0 |
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548* |
Muti Bahini |
Bangladesh/Pakistan |
1/1 |
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560* |
ZANU |
Zimbabwe/Rhodesia |
2/3 |
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565* |
ZAPU |
Zimbabwe/Rhodesia |
2/2 |
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564* |
Socialist faction |
Yemen |
0/0 |
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586* |
CCO |
Malaysia |
0/0 |
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593* |
Montoneros |
Argentina |
2/3 |
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594* |
ERP |
Argentina |
2/3 |
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614* |
NLF/Viet Cong |
South Vietnam |
2/2 |
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616* |
Royalists |
North Yemen |
0/0 |
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634* |
Pathet Lao |
Laos |
0/1 |
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656* |
FROLINAT |
Chad |
0/0 |
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675* |
PAICG |
Guinea-Bissau |
1/1 |
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676* |
Anya/Nya |
Sudan |
0/1 |
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679* |
CNL |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
0/0 |
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681* |
FLNC |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
0/1 |
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685* |
FRELIMO |
Mozambique |
1/2 |
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687* |
EPRLF |
Sri Lanka |
0/0 |
0/1 |
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690* |
CPI-ML |
India |
1/1 |
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711* |
NNC |
India |
0/0 |
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727* |
PDPA |
Afghanistan |
0/1 |
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734* |
Republic of Biafra |
Nigeria |
1/2 |
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738* |
MPLA |
Angola |
1/2 |
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739* |
FNLA |
Angola |
0/0 |
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746* |
SSA |
Myanmar |
0/1 |
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754* |
EDU |
Ethiopia |
0/0 |
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775* |
MNDAA |
Myanmar |
0/0 |
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790* |
KNUP |
Myanmar |
0/0 |
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796* |
SALF |
Ethiopia |
0/0 |
*New cases added to dataset covering years 1964 to 1978