Last week, anti-government demonstrations in Albania, Serbia, and Romania continued. In Greece, there was again violence in support of hitman Koufodinas. In Ukraine, demonstration events were held in support of the sailors captured by Russia and fighting in the Donbass region continued. In Russia, demonstration events remained relatively low with two large demonstrations against waste…
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In the seventh installment of ACLED’s weekly series monitoring the Indian elections, Asia Research Manager Daniela Pollmann tracks electoral violence through the seventh phase of the vote. Find the introduction to the series and the first edition here. For more information about elections in India, see recent ACLED analysis on electoral violence in India’s most vulnerable areas, the…
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ACLED Asia Researcher Timothy Lay reviews new supplementary data on political violence and protest in Bangladesh from 2010 through 2018. © 2019 Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED). All rights reserved.
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Developments in the Middle East region last week included a general reduction in conflict in Palestine, anti-corruption demonstrations in Israel and Iraq, and growing tensions between Iran and the US, as well as between Arabs and Kurds. Meanwhile, there were several updates in ongoing armed conflicts in Syria and Yemen. Last week in Palestine, there…
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28 May 2019: Women around the world are facing unprecedented levels of targeted political violence. According to new data on political violence targeting women collated by the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) – in partnership with the Robert Strauss Center for International Security and Law at The University of Texas at Austin…
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Major developments for the week of May 19th include a series of al Shabaab bombings in Somalia; a large Islamic State-Boko Haram attack against a military base in Nigeria; Ambazonian, Boko Haram and state violence in Cameroon; protests and strikes against the Transitional Military Council in Sudan; and continued protests in Algeria. In Somalia, it…
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The biggest developments in the South and Southeast Asian region last week included heavy fighting between Taliban and Afghan security forces in Afghanistan, and attacks against civilians in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Myanmar, Thailand, and the Philippines. Fighting between state forces and domestic rebel groups in Pakistan, India, Myanmar and the Philippines was also recorded as were…
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28 May 2019: Twenty years after the United Nations officially added the protection of civilians in armed conflict to the Security Council agenda, noncombatants continue to be targeted at alarming rates (UN OCHA, 2019). While overall reported fatalities from events directly targeting civilians declined over the past year, conflict continues to exact a devastating toll…
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ACLED Research Analyst Hilary Matfess reviews demonstration events in Sudan after the ousting of President Omar al Bashir. For further analysis of Sudan’s anti-government protest activity during al Bashir’s rule click here. © 2019 Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED). All rights reserved.
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In the past week, Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) launched a series of attacks across northern Tillabery in Niger, and included the deadliest ambush ever recorded in the Tillabery region by the group. This suggests that resumed transmissions between ISGS and the Islamic State (IS), as well as IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi…
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