Violence in Yemen During the UN-Mediated Truce: April-October 2022
A review of key conflict trends during the truce period. Details
Ukraine Crisis: 1-7 October 2022
On 1 October, Ukrainian forces liberated the strategic town of Lyman in the Donetsk region, which Russia had used as a logistics and transport hub for its military operations in northern Donbas (The Guardian, 2 October 2022).… Details
Regional Overview: Africa
1-7 October 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, countrywide demonstrations in Burkina Faso were held against the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and French involvement, and in support of the new military regime; election-related violence occurred across Nigeria; several people were reportedly killed in three bombing attacks in Somalia; and violence surged in Sud-Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. …
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Regional Overview: South Asia and Afghanistan
1-7 October 2022
Last week in South Asia and Afghanistan, a suicide bomber targeted the Ministry of Interior in Afghanistan while women continued to stage demonstrations after another suicide attack killed Hazara students the week prior.…
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Regional Overview: South America
1-7 October 2022
Last week in South America, in Peru, voters headed to the polls for regional and municipal elections, with conservative Rafael López Aliaga winning Lima’s mayoral elections. Likewise, political violence increased in Brazil as voters participated in the first round of presidential elections.…
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Regional Overview: United States and Canada
1-7 October 2022
Last week in the United States and Canada, demonstration activity moderately decreased in the United States and continued to decline in Canada. In Canada, demonstrations in commemoration of the National Day of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women made up the largest share of events.…
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Regional Overview: Middle East
1-7 October 2022
Last week in the Middle East, political violence decreased significantly in Yemen, as warring sides stopped their daily violations reports after the UN-mediated truce expired on 2 October. In Turkey, two Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants were reportedly killed in armed clashes with Turkish forces in Siirt and Sirnak provinces, while People’s Protection Units (YPG) militants attacked a gendarmerie border outpost in Sanliurfa province from the Syrian side of the border.…
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Regional Overview: Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean
1-7 October 2022
Last week in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, gang rivalries prompted clashes and attacks against civilians in Mexico and Guatemala, while fresh unrest in Haiti contributed to precipitating the humanitarian situation.…
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