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Update — Burundi Local Data on Recent Unrest (26 Apr 2015 – 14 August 2016)

Africa, Analysis, Civilians At Risk, Political Stability, Remote Violence, Rioting And Protests, Violence Against CiviliansBy ACLED 19 August 2016

A new update of the recent unrest in Burundi, covering events from 26 April 2015 to 14 August 2016 has been released by ACLED. This update can be found here. ACLED has covered the Burundi crisis with regular data updates and blog posts since June 2015, relying on a combination of news sources and local crowd-sourced information from the 2015Burundi Project, a network of grassroots organizations and trained citizen journalists aiding in conflict monitoring, and ACLED’s weekly real-time conflict data release covering Burundi A One-Year Special Report reviewing conflict patterns and dynamics, and the current state of the Burundi Crisis as it officially enters its second year, was recently published, and is available here.… Details

Dissent and Protest in Zimbabwe: Mass Mobilisation in the Face of Economic and Political Crisis

Africa, Analysis, Education, Rioting And Protests, Violence Against CiviliansBy Daniel Wigmore-Shepherd 18 August 2016

Zimbabwe conflict and protest events rose markedly in June through to August 2016 and reached their highest levels since November 2015 (see Figure 1). In this period, protests and riots accounted for the majority of events with only a small percentage constituting violence against civilians.… Details

Update — Burundi Local Data on Recent Unrest (26 Apr 2015 – 7 August 2016)

Africa, Analysis, Civilians At Risk, Gender-Based Violence, Inequality, Local-Level Violence, United Nations, Violence Against CiviliansBy ACLED 11 August 2016

A new update of the recent unrest in Burundi, covering events from 26 April 2015 to 7 August 2016 has been released by ACLED. This update can be found here. ACLED has covered the Burundi crisis with regular data updates and blog posts since June 2015, relying on a combination of news sources and local crowd-sourced information from the 2015Burundi Project, a network of grassroots organizations and trained citizen journalists aiding in conflict monitoring, and ACLED’s weekly real-time conflict data release covering Burundi A One-Year Special Report reviewing conflict patterns and dynamics, and the current state of the Burundi Crisis as it officially enters its second year, was recently published, and is available here.… Details

Update — Burundi Local Data on Recent Unrest (26 Apr 2015 – 24 July 2016)

Africa, Analysis, Remote Violence, Violence Against CiviliansBy ACLED 30 July 2016

A new update of the recent unrest in Burundi, covering events from 26 April 2015 to 24 July 2016 has been released by ACLED. This update can be found here. ACLED has covered the Burundi crisis with regular data updates and blog posts since June 2015, relying on a combination of news sources and local crowd-sourced information from the 2015Burundi Project, a network of grassroots organizations and trained citizen journalists aiding in conflict monitoring, and ACLED’s weekly real-time conflict data release covering Burundi A One-Year Special Report reviewing conflict patterns and dynamics, and the current state of the Burundi Crisis as it officially enters its second year, was recently published, and is available here.… Details

SPECIAL REPORT: South Sudan — July 2016 Update

Africa, Analysis, Civilians At Risk, Ethnic Militias, Focus On Militias, Vigilante Militias, Violence Against CiviliansBy Roudabeh Kishi 25 July 2016

A Country Report reviewing conflict patterns and dynamics, and the current state of the South Sudanese Civil War, is available here. Despite both the SPLA and the SPLA-IO signing a peace agreement in August 2015, conflict has continued across South Sudan (see Figure 1).… Details

The Geography of Riots and Protests

Africa, Rioting And ProtestsBy James Moody 25 July 2016

Since 2013, riots and protests have been the dominant political expression recorded in African countries in the ACLED dataset. Populations took to the streets to express their grievances at a higher rate than more violent organised activity conducted by rebel groups or political militias.… Details

Central African Republic — July 2016 Update

Africa, Analysis, Political Stability, Remote Violence, Rioting And Protests, Violence Against CiviliansBy Matt Fleugel-Carew 25 July 2016

Reported fatalities in the Central African Republic (CAR) have continued to fall since May 2014 to levels not seen since before the outbreak of widespread violence between Seleka and Anti-Balaka groups in late 2013-early 2014.… Details

Kenya — July 2016 Update

Africa, Current Hotspots, Political Stability, Remote Violence, Rioting And Protests, Violence Against CiviliansBy Daniel Wigmore-Shepherd 25 July 2016

Levels of political conflict and protest in Kenya rose in the last two months. This is reversing a continued, if non-linear, trend of decreasing unrest since the country’s last elections in March 2013 (see Figure 1).… Details

Update — Burundi Local Data on Recent Unrest (26 Apr 2015 – 17 July 2016)

Africa, Analysis, Civilians At Risk, Local-Level Violence, Political Stability, Violence Against CiviliansBy ACLED 23 July 2016

A new update of the recent unrest in Burundi, covering events from 26 April 2015 to 17 July 2016 has been released by ACLED. This update can be found here. ACLED has covered the Burundi crisis with regular data updates and blog posts since June 2015, relying on a combination of news sources and local crowd-sourced information from the 2015Burundi Project, a network of grassroots organizations and trained citizen journalists aiding in conflict monitoring, and ACLED’s weekly real-time conflict data release covering Burundi A One-Year Special Report reviewing conflict patterns and dynamics, and the current state of the Burundi Crisis as it officially enters its second year, was recently published, and is available here.… Details

Update — Burundi Local Data on Recent Unrest (26 Apr 2015 – 10 July 2016)

Africa, Analysis, Political Stability, Unidentified Armed Groups, Violence Against CiviliansBy ACLED 15 July 2016

A new update of the recent unrest in Burundi, covering events from 26 April 2015 to 10 July 2016 has been released by ACLED. This update can be found here. ACLED has covered the Burundi crisis with regular data updates and blog posts since June 2015, relying on a combination of news sources and local crowd-sourced information from the 2015Burundi Project, a network of grassroots organizations and trained citizen journalists aiding in conflict monitoring, and ACLED’s weekly real-time conflict data release covering Burundi A One-Year Special Report reviewing conflict patterns and dynamics, and the current state of the Burundi Crisis as it officially enters its second year, was recently published, and is available here.… Details