Key developments in Africa in the week of March 17th include jihadist and intercommunal attacks in Mali; the rise in the Boko Haram activity along the Nigerien, Chadian and Cameroonian shores of Lake Chad; and the threats to the peace process in CAR and to civilians in counter-insurgency operations in Egypt. There were two key…
ACLED classifies Explosions/Remote violence events as asymmetric violent events aimed at creating asymmetrical conflict dynamics by preventing the target from responding. A variety of tactics are considered Explosions/Remote violence including bombs, grenades, improvised explosive devices (IEDs), artillery fire or shelling, missile attacks, heavy machine gun fire, air or drone strikes, chemical weapons, and suicide bombings.…
ACLED Asia Research Manager Elliott Bynum analyzes political violence trends in Thailand ahead of the March 24 elections. © 2019 Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED). All rights reserved.
Since the first suicide bombing recorded by ACLED in 2002, there have been more than 1,600 suicide bombings, which have resulted in more than 18,000 reported fatalities. The most suicide bombings have been recorded in Iraq (where there have been more than 340 suicide bombings), Pakistan (more than 280), Nigeria (more than 250), Afghanistan (more…
Throughout the Middle East region last week, overall instances of battles remained about the same as the week prior, while events involving only remote violence and explosives continued to increase as part of an upward trend since the beginning of 2019. Reported fatalities rose slightly in number after a heavy drop in early March. Demonstrations,…
The ACLED dataset contains nearly 18,000 events of mob violence as of March 2019. A ‘mob violence’ event involves one or more groups of unorganized, unarmed but violent individuals engaging in political disorder. ACLED defines a mob, in line with the Oxford dictionary, as ‘a large crowd of people, especially one that is disorderly and…
Last week, levels of organized violence declined while demonstration events also continued to decrease across the South and Southeast Asian regions. In South Asia, following the announcement of the dates for the general elections by the Election Commission of India, a surge in election-related events as well as organized violence by Maoist rebels was recorded.…
Developments in Africa during the week of March 10th highlight the continued jihadist threats in Somalia, Mali, and Niger; the renewed violence by Fulani pastoralist militias in Nigeria; the violent state response to the continuing insurgency in the Anglophone Cameroon; and the high pace of demonstrations across a number of African countries. In Somalia, the…
ACLED Assistant Syria Research Manager Stephanie Anderson, Researcher Nick Grinstead, Senior Syria Researcher Kars de Bruijne, and Syria Research Manager Muaz A. map last month’s developments across the Syrian conflict in the February 2019 edition of the State of Syria infographic. Past editions and further analysis of the Syrian conflict can be found here. For an…
ACLED Middle East Assistant Research Manager Lauren Blaxter analyzes the Israeli military’s use of force against non-military targets in Gaza following the report of the UN Commission of Inquiry on the 2018 protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, which found that Israeli forces may have committed war crimes and/or crimes against humanity (UN CoI OPT,…