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.
The complex political make-up of Libya’s fractured fighting groups has seen indiscriminate shelling of civilian…
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Islamist militias from the city of Misrata claimed control of Tripoli airport from the rival…
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Libya has experienced escalating levels of political violence following urban clashes in Tripoli and Benghazi.…
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The announcement of Tunisia’s planned purchase of 12 U.S. Black Hawk attack helicopters directed international…
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