1. About the Report This report is a compilation of emerging conflicts and problem trends from selected districts in the country. The report identifies current conflict trends, their causes and suggested community protection systems. It identifies different types of conflicts and human rights violations within different communities to support rapid response and early warning needs by law enforcement agencies and conflict transformation and peacebuilding agencies. The Zimbabwean communities have for so long been having grievances upon their sociopolitical and economic welfares. The communities have been looking forward to an improved standard of living and a tolerant society that apart from affiliation, culture, ethnicity and religion, the communities can be able to coexist and develop further their livelihoods. Communities need protection from violence and knowledge of emerging conflicts as well as capabilities to mitigate those conflicts. Communities need specific government policies that will address directly issues affecting their lives and livelihoods sources. 2. Executive Summary Political intolerance tops the nature of conflicts affecting communities in the country in the period under review. The political conflicts recorded include both inter-party conflicts and internal factional violence, particularly in the Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front (ZANU PF) and the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T). The conflicts involved intimidation, assaults and open violence and these could have been increased by the ZANU PF’s internal conflicts and the ensuing restructuring processes. Two cases of economic violations were recorded. No reports on socio-cultural, land and environmental conflicts were received. 3. Methodology The Monthly Conflict Assessment Report data is systematically collected through trained Human Rights Monitors supported by Heal Zimbabwe Trust. The monitors reports on different types of conflicts and violations obtaining in their communities. The data collected from the communities is verified through a monitoring system including spot checks, consultation with the police, traditional leaders’ courts and local government authorities. The data is also supplemented by media reports and verifications. 3