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Update of ACLED Resources on Central African Republic
6 September 2014
CAR has long been a site of numerous crises. The recent escalation in violent conflict in the country has seen a dramatic increase in the intensity and frequency of attacks on civilians in particular. ACLED researchers have compiled a selection of resources to facilitate analysis of the levels of violence within CAR over time. ACLED CAR Monadic File…
Read MoreRepression and the Imbonerakure in Burundi
27 August 2014
In the run up to the 2015 elections, Burundi has recently come under international scrutiny due to its shrinking political space and the increasingly repressive tactics of its current leading party, the National Council for the Defence of Democracy-Forces for the Defence of Democracy (CNDD-FDD). A recent report by Amnesty International chronicled a list of…
- Africa
- Analysis
- Civilians At Risk
- Elections
- Local-Level Violence
- Political Stability
- Unidentified Armed Groups
- Violence Against Civilians
Political fragmentation in Libya puts foreign intervention on the global agenda
27 August 2014
Islamist militias from the city of Misrata claimed control of Tripoli airport from the rival Zintan forces on August 23, 2014 after weeks of deadly clashes in the conflict hotspots of Tripoli and Benghazi (see Fig. 1). Despite this recent development, it is unlikely to quell the endemic unrest as Libya witnesses deepening domestic political…
- Africa
- Analysis
- Civilians At Risk
- Current Hotspots
- Focus On Militias
- Islamist Violence
- Violence Against Civilians
Tunisia: Balancing political and security priorities
20 August 2014
The announcement of Tunisia’s planned purchase of 12 U.S. Black Hawk attack helicopters directed international media attention towards the Tunisian military forces’ continued engagement with a violent Islamist insurgency in the Mount Chaambi and Mount Semmama areas of Kasserine in August. Despite President Marzouki’s justification of the military expansion as a “matter of urgency” (Al…
- Africa
- Analysis
- Civilians At Risk
- Focus On Militias
- Islamic State
- Islamist Violence
- Violence Against Civilians
ACLED Resources on Kenya
6 August 2014
Kenya is currently suffering from multiple security crises tied to overlapping political tensions at home and abroad. Over the past couple of months individual incidences of violence against civilians have become more lethal, leading to a dramatic rise in civilian fatalities. ACLED researchers have compiled a selection of resources to facilitate analysis of the levels…
- Africa
- Al Shabaab
- Analysis
- Civilians At Risk
- Islamic State
- Islamist Violence
- Political Stability
- Violence Against Civilians
The trend of increasing violence in post-Gaddafi Libya
6 August 2014
Ongoing fighting between rival militias around Tripoli Airport and battles between the military and Islamist militias in Benghazi have grabbed international headlines and put the post-civil war breakdown of law and order in the North African nation back in the spotlight (BBC, 2014). Both the U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and the European Union…
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