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Update — Burundi Local Data on Recent Unrest (26 Apr – 31 Oct 2015)

Africa, Analysis, Focus On Militias, Remote Violence, Rioting And Protests, Violence Against CiviliansBy ACLED 3 November 2015

A new update of the recent unrest in Burundi, covering events from 26 April to 31 October 2015 has been released by ACLED. This update can be found here. These real-time data draw primarily on crowd-sourced information available from 2015Burundi as well as from ACLED’s weekly real-time conflict data release.… Details

Select Publicly Available Political Violence Datasets — National-Level

Africa, Analysis, Asia, Conflict Monitoring, Data Management, Political StabilityBy ACLED 30 October 2015

ACLED has compiled a list of select publicly available political violence datasets offering data at the national-level. This table — found below — can also be downloaded here. For a list of select publicly available political violence datasets offering data at the regional-level, see the blog post on this topic.… Details

Update — Burundi Local Data on Recent Unrest (26 Apr – 24 Oct 2015)

Africa, Analysis, Remote Violence, Rioting And Protests, Violence Against CiviliansBy ACLED 27 October 2015

A new update of the recent unrest in Burundi, covering events from 26 April to 24 October 2015 has been released by ACLED. This update can be found here. These real-time data draw primarily on crowd-sourced information available from 2015Burundi as well as from ACLED’s weekly real-time conflict data release.… Details

Update — Burundi Local Data on Recent Unrest (26 Apr – 17 Oct 2015)

Africa, Analysis, Remote Violence, Rioting And Protests, Violence Against CiviliansBy ACLED 20 October 2015

A new update of the recent unrest in Burundi, covering events from 26 April to 17 October 2015 has been released by ACLED. This update can be found here. These real-time data draw primarily on crowd-sourced information available from 2015Burundi as well as from ACLED’s weekly real-time conflict data release.… Details

Update — Burundi Local Data on Recent Unrest (26 Apr – 10 Oct 2015)

Africa, Analysis, Remote Violence, Rioting And Protests, Unidentified Armed Groups, Violence Against CiviliansBy ACLED 14 October 2015

A new update of the recent unrest in Burundi, covering events from 26 April to 10 October 2015 has been released by ACLED. This update can be found here. These real-time data draw primarily on crowd-sourced information available from 2015Burundi as well as from ACLED’s weekly real-time conflict data release.… Details

The Conflict Patterns and Role of Pro-Government Militias

Africa, Aid, Current Hotspots, Focus On Militias, Political Stability, Pro-Government Militias, Violence Against CiviliansBy Roudabeh Kishi 9 October 2015

Pro-government militias (hereafter PGMs) are a growing risk to the safety of civilians and stability of developing states. Of all active militias operating on behalf of political elites (e.g. rebel leaders, politicians, political parties, warlords, military, government officials, etc.),… Details

Electoral Violence

Africa, Analysis, Elections, Political Stability, Remote Violence, Rioting And Protests, Violence Against CiviliansBy Paul-Antoine Chataing 9 October 2015

In mid-October 2015, Central African Republic (CAR), Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso will each hold elections. As Figure 1 shows, levels of violence during electoral periods are high in Ivory Coast: for example, the general elections in November 2010 resulted in a six-month civil war between militias of former President Laurent Gbagbo and the contested winner Alassane Ouattara.… Details

Burundi — October 2015 Update

Africa, Analysis, Focus On Militias, Remote Violence, Rioting And Protests, Unidentified Armed Groups, Vigilante Militias, Violence Against CiviliansBy Daniel Wigmore-Shepherd 9 October 2015

The number of conflict events and fatalities has continued to decrease in Burundi since its high point in mid-July, but the political conflict engulfing the country is far from resolved (see Figure 1).… Details

Libya — October 2015 Update

Africa, Analysis, Current Hotspots, Focus On Militias, Islamic State, Islamist ViolenceBy James Moody 9 October 2015

Episodes of political confrontation continued to fall throughout September, yet cause for celebration is a far cry for most Libyans (see Figure 1). The intensity of attacks to the West and South of Tripoli have scaled down over the last few months, however this should not mask the polemical nature of Libya’s conflict and potential for escalation.… Details

DR-Congo — October 2015 Update

Africa, Analysis, Ethnic Militias, Focus On Militias, Governance, Political Stability, Pro-Government MilitiasBy Matt Fleugel-Carew 9 October 2015

ACLED tracks a wide variety of non-governmental conflict actors in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Over the past year, the most dynamic among these conflict actors have seen significant fluctuations in their respective levels of activity.… Details