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ACLED’s Senior Africa Analyst, Ladd Serwat, and ACLED’s Regional Desk Coordinator for Africa and North America, Susanna Deetlefs, comment on the scale of anti-migrant demonstrations and violence in South Africa on 30 June.
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Jungle spirit: Myanmar fighters try to keep hope alive | France 24
Monitor ACLED says there have been more than 100,000 conflict-related deaths on all sides since the coup.
Anti-migrant protests risk economic blowback for South Africa | Reuters
Protests can also disrupt economic activity through looting and business closures, said Susanna Deetlefs of ACLED.
Fastest growing Ebola outbreak ever: how conflict, aid cuts and misinformation fuel a deadly threat | The Guardian
Ladd Serwat said armed groups in the province have complicated humanitarian access in the past, particularly where communities are perceived to be aligned with rival ethnic groups.
Fears of a massacre in this city on the front line of Sudan's war | BBC
But the army has been unable to repel the drone strikes, with 27 hitting the city in June, the highest monthly total since the conflict began, according to Acled.
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