Regional Overview: South America
10-16 September 2022
Last week in South America, violence erupted during demonstrations in Chile marking the 49th anniversary of the 1973 coup d’état on 11 September. In Brazil, acts of violence targeting Indigenous people occurred in Bahia and Mato Grosso do Sul states, fueling protests throughout the country.…
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Regional Overview: Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean
10-16 September 2022
Last week in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, civilians bore the burden of ongoing gang violence in Mexico, Haiti, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago. In Mexico, gang attacks across Guanajuato state left at least 28 civilians dead in less than 24 hours, while members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) clashed with the Sinaloa Cartel in Zacatecas.…
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Regional Overview: South Asia and Afghanistan
10-16 September 2022
Last week in South Asia and Afghanistan, the Taliban and the National Resistance Front (NRF) engaged in fierce clashes in Panjshir in Afghanistan. In Paktia province, the brief opening and re-closure of girls’ schools triggered protests that were dispersed by Taliban forces.…
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Regional Overview: Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia
10-16 September 2022
Last week in Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia, the Russian military invasion of Ukraine continued amid the ongoing counteroffensive of Ukrainian forces in the Kharkiv and Kherson regions. Amid Ukrainian advances, reports of cross-border shelling and acts of sabotage continued to surface in Russia.…
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Regional Overview: Africa
10-16 September 2022
Weekly reports on the latest conflict developments in Mozambique and Ethiopia are made available by the Cabo Ligado and Ethiopia Peace Observatory projects, respectively.
Last week in Africa, violent events were highest in Somalia; disorder decreased to the lowest level in the Democratic Republic of Congo since August 2018; and Cameroonian authorities rejected a Swiss government offer for mediation in the Ambazonian separatist conflict amid continued attacks on civilians and schools.…
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Regional Overview: East Asia Pacific
10-16 September 2022
Last week in the East Asia Pacific region, several children were killed by military airstrikes and shelling in Myanmar. Fighting continued between the military and the United League of Arakan/Arakan Army (ULA/AA) in Rakhine and Chin states, and between the military and local defense forces in southern Shan state.…
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Ukraine Crisis: 13 August-9 September 2022
In the first nine days of September, Ukrainian forces successfully pushed back Russian forces in the Kharkiv region, regaining control over thousands of square kilometers (ISW, 9 September 2022). The gains followed Ukrainian offensive operations in the southern part of the country, with attacks on Russian supply lines and the liberation of several settlements in the Kherson region (New York Times, 29 August 2022; RFE/RL, 30 August 2022; CNN, 7 September 2022).… Details
Regional Overview: South Asia and Afghanistan
13 August-9 September 2022
Over the past month in South Asia and Afghanistan, the National Resistance Front (NRF) and Islamic State (IS) continued to clash with the Taliban in Afghanistan. Meanwhile, unidentified groups carried out drone attacks against Taliban forces, while civilians remained the target of unknown groups, Taliban authorities, and IS.…
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