Spoilers and Game-Changers in Libya’s Civil Conflict
From December 2014 to February 2015, there was a significant lull in violence on all…
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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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A New Working Paper on Collective Action in North Africa
Sustained collective action in the lead up to, over the course of, and in the…
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The Risk of Conflict-Related Mortality: How to Calculate Risk and Understanding Relative Risk Across Countries
A unit of relative risk is necessary in order to be able to draw comparisons…
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The Strategic Use of Unidentified Armed Groups In Conflict Zones
Unidentified armed groups (UAGs) constitute a large share of violent actors in the ACLED dataset;…
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ACLED Realtime Asia Data from January-March 31st 2015
ACLED Asia has released the most up-to-date version of the Asia data, covering the time period…
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Conflict Dynamics Within and Across Africa and Asia
ACLED’s release of data for Asia in addition to ACLED’s African data will allow for…
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The Targeting of Children in Conflict Zones, Part 2: Increased Lethality and Contexts
Children in conflict zones are subject to high rates of violence (killing, or severely harming),…
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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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