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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

Update — Burundi Local Data on Recent Unrest (26 Apr 2015 – 3 July 2016)

Africa, Analysis, Civilians At Risk, Political Stability, Remote Violence, Rioting And Protests, Violence Against CiviliansBy ACLED 11 July 2016

A new update of the recent unrest in Burundi, covering events from 26 April 2015 to 3 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.… Details

Update — Burundi Local Data on Recent Unrest (26 Apr 2015 – 19 June 2016)

Africa, Analysis, Gender-Based Violence, Remote Violence, Rioting And Protests, Violence Against CiviliansBy ACLED 24 June 2016

A new update of the recent unrest in Burundi, covering events from 26 April 2015 to 19 June 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 – 5 June 2016)

Africa, Analysis, Civilians At Risk, Local-Level Violence, Political Stability, Rioting And Protests, Violence Against CiviliansBy ACLED 15 June 2016

A new update of the recent unrest in Burundi, covering events from 26 April 2015 to 5 June 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

Local Violence Monitoring

Africa, Conflict Monitoring, Current Hotspots, Local-Level Violence, Remote Violence, Rioting And Protests, Violence Against CiviliansBy Roudabeh Kishi 10 June 2016

We are often asked about our sources and source methodology that underlies our conflict data, analysis, and mapping. In this special focus, we discuss our local violence monitoring choices, decisions, and trajectories.… Details

Tunisia — June 2016 Update

Africa, Analysis, Civilians At Risk, Islamic State, Islamist Violence, Local-Level Violence, Political Stability, Violence Against CiviliansBy Andrea Carboni 10 June 2016

In 2016, Tunisia is experiencing increasing conflict activity in the southeast of the country. Figure 1 shows the distribution of political violence incidents across the Tunisian territory over the past twelve months, revealing how armed conflict has spread to the regions near the Libyan border.… Details

Sudan — June 2016 Update

Africa, Analysis, Remote Violence, Violence Against CiviliansBy Janet McKnight 10 June 2016

Levels of political violence dropped to the lowest levels witnessed this year since reaching a high point in April 2016 (see Figure 1). The spike in conflict in March and April was driven by the escalation of the conflict in South Kordofan between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Sudanese Peoples Liberation Movement – North (SPLM-N).… Details