Since the first suicide bombing recorded by ACLED in 2002, there have been more than 1,600 suicide bombings, which have resulted in more than 18,000 reported fatalities. The most suicide bombings have been recorded in Iraq (where there have been more than 340 suicide bombings), Pakistan (more than 280), Nigeria (more than 250), Afghanistan (more than 130), and Syria (more than 120).…
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Throughout the Middle East region last week, overall instances of battles remained about the same as the week prior, while events involving only remote violence and explosives continued to increase as part of an upward trend since the beginning of 2019.…
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The ACLED dataset contains nearly 18,000 events of mob violence as of March 2019. A ‘mob violence’ event involves one or more groups of unorganized, unarmed but violent individuals engaging in political disorder.…
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Last week, levels of organized violence declined while demonstration events also continued to decrease across the South and Southeast Asian regions. In South Asia, following the announcement of the dates for the general elections by the Election Commission of India, a surge in election-related events as well as organized violence by Maoist rebels was recorded.…
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Developments in Africa during the week of March 10th highlight the continued jihadist threats in Somalia, Mali, and Niger; the renewed violence by Fulani pastoralist militias in Nigeria; the violent state response to the continuing insurgency in the Anglophone Cameroon; and the high pace of demonstrations across a number of African countries.…
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ACLED Assistant Syria Research Manager Stephanie Anderson, Researcher Nick Grinstead, Senior Syria Researcher Kars de Bruijne, and Syria Research Manager Muaz A. map last month’s developments across the Syrian conflict in the February 2019 edition of the State of Syria infographic.…
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ACLED Middle East Assistant Research Manager Lauren Blaxter analyzes the Israeli military’s use of force against non-military targets in Gaza following the report of the UN Commission of Inquiry on the 2018 protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, which found that Israeli forces may have committed war crimes and/or crimes against humanity (UN CoI OPT, February 2019).…
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ACLED is pleased to announce the incorporation of data collected by our partner Deep South Watch (DSW) and Center for Conflict Studies and Cultural Diversity (CSCD), Prince of Songkla University at Pattani, Thailand.…
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In this infographic, ACLED Research Analyst Hilary Matfess surveys the recent spike in land demonstrations across the Ethiopian state of Oromia, situating it within a long history of land rights protests.…
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ACLED has debuted new event types to make analysis for users easier and more informative, and has also added a new sub-event type variable, which disaggregates event types further to allow for more nuanced analysis. …
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