Kenya Situation Update: July 2023 | Al-Shabaab Attacks Surge Ahead of Somalia-Kenya Border Reopening
7 July 2023
Analysis of the latest political violence and protest trends in Somalia, as of June 2023.
Read MoreKenya Situation Update: June 2023 | How Azimio Coalition’s Remobilization of Supporters Signals Potential Future Escalation
9 June 2023
Analysis of the latest political violence and protest trends in Kenya, as of June 2023.
Read MoreKenya Situation Update: April 2023 | Rise in Disorder as Opposition Stages Mass Demonstrations
28 April 2023
Analysis of the political violence and protest trends in Kenya during April.
Read MoreKenya Situation Update: March 2023 | Government Operation Against Pastoralist Militias in North Rift Region
31 March 2023
Analysis of the latest political violence and protest trends in Kenya.
Read MoreContext Assessment: Increasing Security Challenges in Kenya
2 March 2023
Analysis of the Kenya’s security situation at the start of 2023.
Read MoreKenya’s Political Violence Landscape in the Lead-Up to the 2022 Elections
9 August 2022
Kenya went to the polls on 9 August 2022 after a five-year cycle and the third general election since the promulgation of a new constitution in 2010
Read MoreNo Safety in Numbers: Political Representation and Political Violence Targeting Women in Kenya
24 March 2022
This journal article, co-authored by ACLED Director of Research & Innovation Dr. Roudabeh Kishi, along with Hilary Matfess, and Marie E. Berry, leverages ACLED data to explore the impact of increasing numbers of women in government on violence targeting women in Kenya.
Read MoreComparing ‘New’ and ‘Old’ Media Crisis Monitoring in Kenya’s Unprecedented Elections
20 August 2020
Media monitoring can play an important role in tracking, preventing, responding to and understanding violence and unrest. It is often used to identify, track and map incidents of insecurity and patterns in escalation and de-escalation in ongoing crises. Monitoring can draw on either ‘old’ media, such as newspapers, and/or ‘new’ social media, such as Twitter…
Read MoreCDT Spotlight:
Media Targeting
2 April 2020
Many states are likely to use the pandemic as a pretext to impose new restrictions on civil liberties and increase repression — including attacks on the media. ACLED Research Director Dr. Roudabeh Kishi maps attacks on journalists covering the coronavirus crisis around the world. This infographic is part of our special CDT Spotlight series. ©…
Read MoreEndgames & Affiliations: Explaining Differing Patterns of Behavior Between Islamist Groups
19 April 2019
Islamist groups have been deemed one of the most significant threats to international security in the 21st century, and current conflicts include peak levels of political violence involving Islamist actors (New York Times, 6 July 2018). Islamism can imply a variety of qualities – most commonly, the term implies that the group in question aims…
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