Africa
South Sudan — September 2015 Update
4 September 2015
Levels of political violence in South Sudan decreased in August with reported fatalities falling by over 60% (see Figure 1). This relative lull in violence follows a particularly unstable July in which government forces —supported by Bul Nuer and Warrap Dinka fighters — killed 200 civilians in Mayendit and Leer (Sudan Tribune, 12 August 2015).…
Read MoreUpdate — Burundi Local Data on Recent Unrest (26 Apr – 29 Aug 2015)
1 September 2015
ACLED has released a new update of the recent unrest in Burundi. This eleventh update covering events from 26 April to 29 August 2015 can be found here. The real-time data draw primarily on crowd-sourced information available from 2015Burundi as well as from ACLED’s weekly real-time conflict data release. This significant update includes back-coding of…
Read MoreUpdate — Burundi Local Data on Recent Unrest (26 Apr – 22 Aug 2015)
25 August 2015
ACLED has released a new update of the recent unrest in Burundi. This tenth update covering the events from 26 April to 22 August 2015 can be found here. These real-time data draw primarily on crowd-sourced information available from 2015Burundi as well as from ACLED’s weekly real-time conflict data release. Violence in Burundi appears to…
Read MoreUpdate — Burundi Local Data on Recent Unrest (26 Apr – 15 Aug 2015)
18 August 2015
ACLED has released a new update of the recent unrest in Burundi. This ninth update covering the events from 26 April to 15 August 2015 can be found here. These real-time data draw primarily on crowd-sourced information available from 2015Burundi as well as from ACLED’s weekly real-time conflict data release. Insecurity still continues in Burundi,…
Read MoreUpdated Conflict Data Surrounding Early Darfur Crisis
18 August 2015
For updated analysis on Darfur see our pages on Horn of Africa and Sudan. ACLED periodically reviews its coding of past major events and each country. These data occasionally correct some aspect of the previously coded events, or constitute newly coded events. We recently considered Sudan, and have added a number of events to the…
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Update — Burundi Local Data on Recent Unrest (26 Apr – 8 Aug 2015)
12 August 2015
A new data update of the recent unrest in Burundi has been released by ACLED. This eighth update covering the events from 26 April to 8 August can be found here. Real-time data mainly draw on crowd-sourced information available from 2015Burundi as well as from ACLED’s weekly real-time conflict data release. Last week, Bujumbura experienced…
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