James Moody is Africa Research Manager with ACLED. In this role he oversees the coding of political violence and protest across all countries in Africa. He is also a Geography PhD Candidate at the University of Sussex. His research interests include protest movements across North and sub-Saharan Africa and the dynamics of civil war violence. His own research explores the rising wave of protest in the post-Arab uprising period, focusing on local level governance, forms of contention, and protest geography, diffusion, and escalation across Africa. James has country-specific knowledge on Egypt and Libya. He is based in Brighton, United Kingdom.
All forms of political violence and protest, excluding battles, increased throughout January 2018, following the…
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Across Africa in January 2018, political violence and protest levels rebounded from the lull in…
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Riots and protests reached their highest levels for over two years in September as demonstrators…
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Since August 2017, activity by the Islamic State in Libya has begun to increase with…
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Riots and protests witnessed an uptick in intensity in Cameroon in September as demonstrators voiced…
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In May, Morocco experienced the highest rate of protests recorded in the ACLED dataset (see…
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Ethiopia From November 2015, Ethiopia has experienced an unprecedented wave of popular mobilisation. The government…
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February saw a shift in the strategy of the Sinai Province militant group as attacks…
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Conflict and political violence events in January 2017 dropped to their lowest recorded levels since…
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