Sources of Income and Political Conflict

Africa, Aid, Analysis, Civilians At Risk, Conflict Monitoring, Current Hotspots, Data Management, FDI, Political Stability, Remote Violence, Resources, Rioting And Protests, Violence Against Civilians
Strong state capacity is difficult to attain in low-income countries where the state lacks access to resources to aid in effectively implementing policies. As a result, incomes are often used as a proxy measurement to determine the strength of state capacity, and states with lower incomes experience some of the highest levels of conflict (see: Dixon, 2009).…

Guinea — November 2015 Update

Africa, Analysis, Elections, Remote Violence, Rioting And Protests, Violence Against Civilians
Guinea witnessed a dramatic spike in political unrest in October with levels of political violence surpassing those seen during the depth of the Ebola crisis. The primary cause of this instability is the presidential election, which took place on 11 October, which pitted incumbent Alpha Conde with long-time challenger Cellou Dalein Diallo.…

Update — Burundi Local Data on Recent Unrest (26 Apr – 31 Oct 2015)

Africa, Analysis, Focus On Militias, Remote Violence, Rioting And Protests, Violence Against Civilians
A new update of the recent unrest in Burundi, covering events from 26 April to 31 October 2015 has been released by ACLED. This update can be found here. These real-time data draw primarily on crowd-sourced information available from 2015Burundi as well as from ACLED’s weekly real-time conflict data release.…

Select Publicly Available Political Violence Datasets — National-Level

Africa, Analysis, Asia, Conflict Monitoring, Data Management, Political Stability
ACLED has compiled a list of select publicly available political violence datasets offering data at the national-level. This table — found below — can also be downloaded here. For a list of select publicly available political violence datasets offering data at the regional-level, see the blog post on this topic.…