Regional Overview: South Asia and Afghanistan
11-17 September 2021
Last week in South Asia, demonstrations took place in Afghanistan’s Kandahar and Gizab cities against the Taliban’s decision to evict some residential houses. Meanwhile, the Taliban also targeted former Afghan security forces.…
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Regional Overview: East and Southeast Asia
11-17 September 2021
Last week in East and Southeast Asia, anti-coup protesters in Myanmar held rallies urging the UN to retain Myanmar’s incumbent permanent representative ahead of the opening of the UN General Assembly.…
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Regional Overview: Africa
11-17 September 2021
Weekly reports on the latest conflict developments in Mozambique and Ethiopia are made available by the Cabo Ligado and Ethiopia Peace Observatory projects, respectively.
Last week in Africa, two Islamic State leaders were announced killed in the month of August in Mali and Nigeria; clashes broke out between formerly allied Haftar forces and Chadian rebels in the south of Libya; and protests erupted across the Democratic Republic of Congo against recently adopted electoral reforms.…
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New Small States Data Expand ACLED Coverage to More Than 200 Countries and Territories
The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) has now expanded real-time coverage to 13 small states and territories in Africa and Asia, adding over 600 new events to the dataset from the start of 2020 to the present. Details
ACLED-Religion Overview
31 July-10 September 2021
Last month in the Middle East and North Africa, religious repression was reported across the region, mainly driven by religious celebrations, morality enforcement, and the prevention of religious practice. In Bahrain, authorities cracked down on Shiite religious practice during the Islamic lunar month of Muharram which commenced on 10 August — a period with many Shiite holy days and commemorations, including the holiest day in the Shiite calendar, Ashura, on 20 August.…
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Regional Overview: Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia
4-10 September 2021
Last week in Europe, Central Asia and the Caucasus, tensions in Montenegro increased amidst demonstrations against the installation of a new leader for the Serbian Orthodox Church. Poland declared a state of emergency in response to heightened levels of irregular migration along the border with Belarus.…
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Regional Overview: United States
4-10 September 2021
Demonstration levels in the United States moderately decreased last week compared to the week prior. This decline largely results from a downturn in pandemic-related demonstration events, with demonstrations against the COVID-19 vaccine and vaccine mandates decreasing by more than half compared to the week prior.…
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Regional Overview: East and Southeast Asia
4-10 September 2021
Last week in East and Southeast Asia, the National Unity Government (NUG) of Myanmar declared a “people’s defensive war” and appealed to the public and to ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) to revolt against the military (CNA, 7 September 2021).…
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