With elections looming in October, we consider the trajectory of the current conflict in Anglophone Cameroon and demonstrate how the government’s heavy-handed response to protesters facilitated the rise of armed secessionist movements against the Cameroonian government.…
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Since February this year, a new battlefront has emerged in eastern Burkina Faso (ACLED, 2018), in the Est Region situated along the borders with Niger, Benin, and Togo is regarded as a bastion of banditry.…
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With this infographic, ACLED Research Analyst Melissa Pavlik argues that recent developments in Afghanistan do little fundamentally change the country’s conflict environment.
Find an explanation of ACLED’s methodology for monitoring the conflict in Afghanistan here.…
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Key developments in Africa during the week of September 9th include continued high levels of insurgent activity in Somalia and Cameroon; heavy military activity against Boko Haram in Nigeria; continued ethnic unrest in south-west Kenya; political unrest in Ethiopia and a large-scale bombing in Libya.…
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Protests in Idleb demonstrate continued civilian calls to end violence in Syria (January 1, 2017 – September 15, 2018). Infographic by Syria Research Manager Stephanie Anderson.…
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Iraqi Kurdistan and adjacent Kurdish regions were the site of increased activity last week as both Iran and Turkey continued to attack alleged enclaves of Kurdish rebels in the governorates of Erbil and Dahuk.…
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The trend of decreasing political violence in South and Southeast Asia continued, while at the same time the number of reported fatalities slightly increased. The overall number of riots and protest events in South and Southeast Asia also increased last week compared to the previous week.…
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With all eyes on Idleb, political violence in areas held by Turkish-backed factions in Aleppo increases. This infographic by ACLED Research Manager Stephanie Anderson.…
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The recent conflict activity on the Gaza border can be characterized by its lack of affiliation to armed groups in Gaza and by the use of homemade and/or found weapons (i.e…
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This infographic, by ACLED Research Analyst Hilary Matfess, features Boko Haram’s deadly persistence from January 1st, 2011 to August 31st, 2018.…
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