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Author Archives: Daniel Wigmore-Shepherd

Update of ACLED Resources on Boko Haram

By Daniel Wigmore-Shepherd12 January 2015
Boko Haram continues to be one of the most high-profile and lethal conflict actor within…
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A Review of Research Using ACLED in 2014

By Daniel Wigmore-Shepherd3 December 2014
ACLED exists as an open-source tool to aid research into conflict dynamics and political violence.…
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Urban Bias in Media Reporting

By Daniel Wigmore-Shepherd26 November 2014
ACLED is part of a general trend in social science to use the current benefits…
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Factionalism and Violence within the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front

By Daniel Wigmore-Shepherd19 November 2014
Tensions within the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) have increased ahead of the party…
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Boko Haram Activity Since the Nigerian Government’s Announcement of the Ceasefire

By Daniel Wigmore-Shepherd12 November 2014
On the 17th of October, Hassan Tukur, a senior aide to President Goodluck Jonathan, announced…
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Remote-Violence, Bombings and Conflict Part 3: Overall Trends in the Use of Improvised Explosive Devices

By Daniel Wigmore-Shepherd6 November 2014
The use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in conflict zones across has become increasingly prevalent…
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Bombings, Explosives and Conflict Part 2: Weapons of the Weak? Remote Violence and the Relative Strength of Non-State Actors

By Daniel Wigmore-Shepherd29 October 2014
Does the use of remote violence indicate weakness in a non-state conflict actor? Forms of…
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Remote-Violence, Bombings and Conflict Part 1: The patterns of bombings in post-Arab Spring North Africa

By Daniel Wigmore-Shepherd22 October 2014
While the Arab Spring was lauded as a triumph of democracy by various Western politicians,…
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Protest, spectacle and South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters

By Daniel Wigmore-Shepherd15 October 2014
The May 2014 South African general election proved that the ruling African National Congress (ANC)…
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The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) is a disaggregated data collection, analysis, and crisis mapping project.

ACLED is the highest quality and most widely used real-time data and analysis source on political violence and protest around the world. Practitioners, researchers, journalists, and governments depend on ACLED for the latest reliable information on current conflict and disorder patterns.

ACLED is a registered non-profit organization with 501(c)(3) status in the United States.

Please contact [email protected] with comments or queries regarding the ACLED dataset.







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