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Political Factionalism and Electoral Competition in Zimbabwe
11 June 2015
Conflict levels decreased to below average levels in May. This decline follows a spike in violence in April which saw levels of political violence not witnessed since the expulsion of Joice Mujuru and her supporters from the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) in December and January. The cause of the spike in violence in…
- Africa
- Analysis
- Civilians At Risk
- Elections
- Governance
- Local-Level Violence
- Political Stability
- Rioting And Protests
- Violence Against Civilians
Conflict Data Collection Practices: ACLED versus Others
9 June 2015
With so many different forms of data collection on conflict and violence types and locations, it is often difficult to know how these various data compare and to what extent they describe and record the same events. On one end of the spectrum lie data initiatives that rely on crowdsourcing, in which individuals at the…
- Africa
- Analysis
- Civilians At Risk
- Conflict Monitoring
- Data Management
- Peacekeeping
- Political Stability
- Rioting And Protests
- Violence Against Civilians
How to Clean Data From Multiple Datasets to Prepare for Combining
28 April 2015
When working with quantitative data, it is often necessary to merge data from multiple datasets. For example, one might want to combine conflict data at the country-level from ACLED with data on health, climate change, gender, etc. from another source.[1] While the two datasets share a common identifying variable (e.g., country name), if these cells…
Read MoreUpdate on ACLED Resources on Boko Haram
23 March 2015
Boko Haram is one of the most high-profile conflict actors in West Africa and the group’s campaign continues to be one of the most destructive insurgencies on the continent. Boko Haram has become a transnational actor and is currently fighting the armies of four sovereign nations, turning a national emergency into a regional crisis. Below are a list of…
Read MoreThe Break of Dawn? Shifting Interests and Opportunities in the Libya Dawn Bloc
13 March 2015
Libya was the fifth most active country in the ACLED dataset in February 2015 with an average of 4 fatalities incurred for every conflict event (see Figure 1). The recent wave of attacks by Islamic State groups has prompted widespread discussion of the role of Islamist groups such as the Shura Council of Islamic Youth,…
- Africa
- Analysis
- Civilians At Risk
- Current Hotspots
- Focus On Militias
- Islamist Violence
- Rioting And Protests
- Violence Against Civilians
Where’s ISIS in all this crisis?
25 February 2015
The Egyptian air force’s bombing campaign in Libya’s eastern city of Derna on the 16th February in retaliation of the killing of 21 Coptic Egyptians has sought to raise fundamental questions over the extent and reach of the Islamic State’s presence in Libya. Yet somewhat less explored is the impact the heightened activity by militants…
- Africa
- Analysis
- Civilians At Risk
- Current Hotspots
- Focus On Militias
- Islamic State
- Islamist Violence
- Political Stability
- Remote Violence
- Violence Against Civilians
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