Latin America and the Caribbean experience many forms of political disorder:1 from insurgent groups vying for territorial control in Colombia and cartel violence fueling the rise of vigilantes in Mexico, to the suppression of dissent in Nicaragua and Venezuela. Yet even as each country’s disorder is shaped by factors unique to its local political landscape,…
ACLED Research Director Dr. Roudabeh Kishi maps demonstrations featuring women around the world since 2019. © 2020 Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED). All rights reserved.
ACLED Research Director Dr. Roudabeh Kishi maps political violence targeting women around the world since 2019. © 2020 Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED). All rights reserved.
In this infographic, ACLED Research Director Dr. Roudabeh Kishi analyzes trends in political violence targeting women across Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Central Asia and the Caucasus, the Middle East, Southeastern and Eastern Europe and the Balkans, and Latin America and the Caribbean. © 2020 Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED). All rights…
ACLED’s 2019 annual report reviews the past year of data on political violence and demonstration activity across Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Central Asia and the Caucasus, and Southeastern and Eastern Europe and the Balkans. Access the full report as well as an executive summary of key findings below. Download Report Executive…
This paper was presented at the 2020 Munich Security Conference at a side event hosted by the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) in partnership with the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP). It is an updated and expanded version of Global Conflict and Disorder Patterns: 2019. Introduction In the past 10 years,…
Disorder spiked in Myanmar last year. ACLED records an increase of every event type, from battles and violence against civilians to riots and protests. Despite unilateral ceasefires declared by both the military and an alliance of ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) during the course of the year, armed conflict rose in 2019 and was especially intense…
Our annual special report reviews the past year of data for 10 key conflicts with a look toward trends to watch in the coming months. Access ACLED data directly through the export tool, and find more information about ACLED methodology in our Resource Library. To explore an interactive visualization of this special report, click here. To…
ACLED’s three-part series exploring the fragmentation of state authority in Southern Yemen can now be accessed here in its entirety. Please find the reports below, followed by concluding analysis highlighting key findings from each of the three installments. Part I: Shabwah and Hadramawt Part II: Socotra and Mahra Part III: Aden, Abyan, and Lahij After…
On 28 December 2019, a truck bomb exploded in the Somali capital city of Mogadishu, reportedly killing more than 80 people. Al Shabaab claimed the attack, which is believed to be the deadliest to hit Somalia in over two years (ACLED, 10 January 2020; Al Jazeera, 30 December 2019). A week later, on 5 January…