Political Factionalism and Electoral Competition in Zimbabwe
Conflict levels decreased to below average levels in May. This decline follows a spike in…
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Conflict Data Collection Practices: ACLED versus Others
With so many different forms of data collection on conflict and violence types and locations,…
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Protest, Service Delivery and Xenophobic Violence in South Africa
Conflict levels fell dramatically in May 2015 after South Africa suffered a wave of xenophobic…
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How to Clean Data From Multiple Datasets to Prepare for Combining
When working with quantitative data, it is often necessary to merge data from multiple datasets.…
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Update on ACLED Resources on Boko Haram
Boko Haram is one of the most high-profile conflict actors in West Africa and the…
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The Break of Dawn? Shifting Interests and Opportunities in the Libya Dawn Bloc
Libya was the fifth most active country in the ACLED dataset in February 2015 with…
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ACLED Asia Data Release
ACLED Asia will release monthly real-time data for eleven states including India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka,…
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Where’s ISIS in all this crisis?
The Egyptian air force’s bombing campaign in Libya’s eastern city of Derna on the 16th…
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Protest and Shale Exploitation in Algeria
The lull in political conflict that Algeria has witnessed since May 2014 eventually terminated in…
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