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Burundi — July 2015 Update

Africa, Analysis, Civilians At Risk, Conflict Monitoring, Ethnic Militias, Focus On Militias, Local-Level Violence, Political Stability, Pro-Government Militias, Rioting And Protests, Unidentified Armed Groups, Violence Against CiviliansBy Daniel Wigmore-Shepherd 10 July 2015

The political crisis in Burundi is entering its 14th week and though aggregate levels of political violence have decreased since May when mass rioting and protests took hold of the capital, the forms of political violence employed by the varying sides of the political divide have become more lethal (see Figure 1).… Details

Tunisia — July 2015 Update

Africa, Analysis, Civilians At Risk, Conflict Monitoring, Islamic State, Islamist Violence, Local-Level Violence, Political Stability, Remote Violence, Rioting And Protests, Violence Against CiviliansBy Andrea Carboni 10 July 2015

While a new series of violent events targeted civilians and security forces in June, Tunisia witnessed a sustained increase in political violence (see Figure 1). Not only is the number of conflict events rising, reported fatalities were also at their highest since January 2011.… Details

Sudan — July 2015 Update

Africa, Civilians At Risk, Current Hotspots, Education, Government Repression, Local-Level Violence, Political Stability, Pro-Government Militias, Remote Violence, Rioting And Protests, Violence Against CiviliansBy Janet McKnight 10 July 2015

A campaign of violence has been escalating in Sudanese universities in recent weeks, and over 200 students from Darfur have been assaulted, beaten, or detained over the last six months. On April 29th, 150 student members of the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) attacked members of the Darfur Students Association (DSA) at Sharq El Nil College in Khartoum (Sudan Tribune, May 12, 2015).… Details

Mali — July 2015 Update

Africa, Analysis, Civilians At Risk, Focus On Militias, Islamic State, Islamist Violence, Political Stability, Remote Violence, Violence Against CiviliansBy Matt Fleugel-Carew 10 July 2015

Mali’s current outlook can be termed as cautiously optimistic, although significant challenges remain following the signing of a peace treaty between the Government of Mali and representatives of the Tuareg-led rebels from the Coordination of Movements of Azawad (CMA) on June 20 (Al Jazeera, June 21, 2015).… Details

Reporting Lags and the Timeliness of Realtime Data

Africa, Boko Haram, Civilians At Risk, Conflict Monitoring, Current Hotspots, Data Management, Local-Level Violence, Political Stability, Remote Violence, Rioting And Protests, Violence Against CiviliansBy Paul-Antoine Chataing 10 July 2015

ACLED collects disaggregated data of every event of political violence in Africa, henceforth expanding to Asia (Raleigh et al., 2010). A particularity of ACLED’s work is the publication of data on a real-time, weekly basis.… Details

State Fragility and Conflict in Africa

Africa, Civilians At Risk, Conflict Monitoring, Current Hotspots, Data Management, Political Stability, Remote Violence, Rioting And Protests, Violence Against CiviliansBy Roudabeh Kishi 10 July 2015

The Fragile States Index (FSI), produced by The Fund for Peace, highlights pressures faced by states, identifying “when those pressures are pushing a state towards the brink of failure”, with the intent of shaping assessments of political risk by researchers and policymakers (Messner et al.,… Details

ACLED Realtime Asia Data — January – June 30th, 2015

Asia, Civilians At Risk, Political Stability, Remote Violence, Rioting And Protests, Violence Against CiviliansBy ACLED 10 July 2015

ACLED releases up-to-date Asian conflict data on a monthly basis. The latest data — covering Asian conflict from January through June 2015 — can be found here. For previous Asian data releases, see earlier posts from March and May of this year.… Details

Burundi Local Data on Recent Unrest — Updated

Africa, Analysis, Civilians At Risk, Conflict Monitoring, Data Management, Elections, Political Stability, Rioting And Protests, Violence Against CiviliansBy ACLED 10 July 2015

ACLED has released updated data about recent unrests in Burundi. Drawing mainly on information displayed on 2015Burundi, we have updated the ACLED dataset. Data from 26 April to 26 June 2015 were published last month.… Details

Recent Burundi Local Data — Updated

Africa, Analysis, Civilians At Risk, Local-Level Violence, Political Stability, Rioting And Protests, Violence Against CiviliansBy ACLED 29 June 2015

ACLED has released updated data about recent unrests in Burundi. Over the last two months, Bujumbura – and, over time, several countryside towns – have experienced recurring protests and riots from opposition members to President Pierre Nkurunziza’s bid for a third term.… Details

Homosexuality and Discrimination in Africa

Africa, Gender-Based ViolenceBy Roudabeh Kishi 29 June 2015

While many celebrate the US Supreme Court ruling late last week to legalize same-sex marriage across the US as a victory for the gay-rights movement and equality (NYTimes, 26, June 2015), gay and lesbian people across many countries in Africa continue to experience discrimination and attacks as a result of their sexual orientation, a trend which has been increasing in recent years.… Details