ACLED Europe Research Manager Lennart Landman examines Albania’s European Union accession prospects amidst the country’s internal political crisis and tensions with its neighbors. © 2019 Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED). All rights reserved.
Last week, anti-government demonstrations in Albania and Serbia slightly decreased from the week prior. In Moldova, the constitutional crisis resulted in the resignation of the Democratic Party government in favour of the new coalition cabinet. In Russia, public outcry over Ivan Golunov’s case led to authorities deciding to clear the journalist of all charges. In…
This report is also available in French. Over the past seven months, armed groups across Western Niger have executed a series of IED attacks – a first in the area’s ongoing insurgency. The increasing use of IEDs by the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) in the Tillabery and Tahoua regions of Niger indicates…
With the inclusion of data covering Yemen and Saudi Arabia from 2015 into the ACLED dataset, ACLED is now able to track the escalation of the conflict since the start of the Saudi-led coalition intervention in March 2015. What is important to bear in mind, however, is that the conflict already started several months earlier,…
There were a few major developments last week in the Middle East region, notably the attack on two oil tankers in international waters in the Gulf of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz. Additionally, renewed rocket fire and airstrikes in southern Israel and Gaza broke the period of relative calm that has lasted a month.…
The key trends in the South and Southeast Asian region last week included heavy fighting between Taliban and Afghan security forces in Afghanistan; ongoing fighting between state forces and domestic rebel groups in Pakistan, India, Myanmar, Thailand, and the Philippines; as well as election-related violence and protests in India, Bangladesh, and Indonesia. In Afghanistan, Taliban…
Key developments in Africa in the week of June 9th include intercommunal violence in Mali and the Democratic Republic of Congo, while IS-backed Boko Haram carried out attacks on security forces in northern Cameroon and Nigeria. In addition, protests continued in Sudan despite the brutal crackdown by security forces last week. In central Mali, an…
Public demonstrations against the Bouteflika regime have continued in June, despite the former president stepping down from his position as President on April 2nd of this year. Demonstrators have continued to protest against ‘le pouvoir,’ a term used to refer to elites in the military, politics, and business who have exercised power since independence in…
Developments in the Middle East region last week included a general reduction in reports of conflict, likely a result of the end of Ramadan and Eid al Fitr celebrations taking place across the region, as well as a reduction in reporting as a result of some news agencies not publishing during this period due to…
Last week, anti-government demonstrations picked up again in Albania and Serbia. Moldova plunged into a political crisis as the last-minute coalition government, formed by opposition parties, was not recognized by the current ruling party. In Russia, protests against the waste management reforms continued, and in Ukraine, protesters called for the resignation of the Minister of…