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ACLED Realtime Asia Data from January-March 31st 2015

Asia, Civilians At Risk, Remote Violence, Rioting And Protests, Violence Against CiviliansBy ACLED 9 April 2015

ACLED Asia has released the most up-to-date version of the Asia data, covering the time period of January to March 2015. The data covers eleven states including India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand and Myanmar.… Details

Conflict Dynamics Within and Across Africa and Asia

Africa, Al Shabaab, Asia, Civilians At Risk, Focus On Militias, Political Stability, Remote Violence, Rioting And Protests, Violence Against CiviliansBy Roudabeh Kishi 25 March 2015

ACLED’s release of data for Asia in addition to ACLED’s African data will allow for new comparisons to be made in regard to the conflict patterns within and across countries on both continents.… Details

Update on ACLED Resources on Boko Haram

Africa, Al Shabaab, Analysis, Boko Haram, Focus On MilitiasBy Daniel Wigmore-Shepherd 23 March 2015

Boko Haram is one of the most high-profile conflict actors in West Africa and the group’s campaign continues to be one of the most destructive insurgencies on the continent. Boko Haram has become a transnational actor and is currently fighting the armies of four sovereign nations, turning a national emergency into a regional crisis.… Details

The Targeting of Children in Conflict Zones, Part 2: Increased Lethality and Contexts

Africa, Civilians At Risk, Current Hotspots, Focus On Militias, Human Rights, LRA, Unidentified Armed Groups, United Nations, Violence Against CiviliansBy Roudabeh Kishi 18 March 2015

Children in conflict zones are subject to high rates of violence (killing, or severely harming), forcible inscription and negative developmental challenges. Violence against children is often used by armed groups to instill terror in populations, and to reaffirm brutality and garner notoriety.… Details

The Break of Dawn? Shifting Interests and Opportunities in the Libya Dawn Bloc

Africa, Analysis, Civilians At Risk, Current Hotspots, Focus On Militias, Islamist Violence, Rioting And Protests, Violence Against CiviliansBy James Moody 13 March 2015

Libya was the fifth most active country in the ACLED dataset in February 2015 with an average of 4 fatalities incurred for every conflict event (see Figure 1). The recent wave of attacks by Islamic State groups has prompted widespread discussion of the role of Islamist groups such as the Shura Council of Islamic Youth, Ansar al-Sharia, Islamic State of Tripoli and the Abu Salim Martyrs Brigade in the political negotiation process mediated through the UN.… Details

The Targeting of Children in Conflict Zones, Part 1: General Trends

Africa, Civilians At Risk, Focus On Militias, Violence Against CiviliansBy Roudabeh Kishi 13 March 2015

Violence against children is a conscious strategy employed by armed groups within conflict contexts. When children are targeted or killed, it is often in an attempt to instill terror in populations, or to reaffirm brutality and gain (global) notoriety, given that the targeting of children is meant to send a message to (adult) adversaries and/or the international community at-large.… Details

Dynamic Conflicts and Static Promises: Shifting Advantage, the Political Marketplace and Broken Ceasefires

Africa, Civilians At Risk, Focus On Militias, Political Stability, Violence Against CiviliansBy Daniel Wigmore-Shepherd 13 March 2015

In the past half-decade, multiple peace agreements and ceasefires have been implemented in various African countries to solve ongoing political conflicts on the continent. The most notable examples during this period are Mali, Central African Republic and South Sudan.… Details

ACLED Asia Data Release

Analysis, Asia, Remote Violence, Rioting And Protests, Violence Against CiviliansBy Clionadh Raleigh 10 March 2015

ACLED Asia will release monthly real-time data for eleven states including India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand and Myanmar. Data for January and February 2015 are now available here.… Details

Where’s ISIS in all this crisis?

Africa, Analysis, Civilians At Risk, Current Hotspots, Focus On Militias, Islamic State, Islamist Violence, Political Stability, Remote Violence, Violence Against CiviliansBy James Moody 25 February 2015

The Egyptian air force’s bombing campaign in Libya’s eastern city of Derna on the 16th February in retaliation of the killing of 21 Coptic Egyptians has sought to raise fundamental questions over the extent and reach of the Islamic State’s presence in Libya. … Details

Rape as a Weapon of Political Violence, Part 2: Where, When, and by Whom is This Tactic Used?

Africa, Civilians At Risk, Current Hotspots, Ethnic Militias, Focus On Militias, Gender-Based Violence, Inequality, Local-Level Violence, Political Stability, Unidentified Armed Groups, Vigilante Militias, Violence Against CiviliansBy Roudabeh Kishi 25 February 2015

Sexual violence (e.g. rape) is a conscious strategy frequently employed by armed groups to torture and humiliate opponents, terrify individuals, destroy societies though inciting flight from a territory, and to reaffirm aggression and brutality, specifically through an expression of domination (Bastick et al.,… Details