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Category Archives: Current Hotspots

Egypt — January 2016 Update

By James Moody22 January 2016
January saw the Egyptian military forces redouble their efforts against Islamic militants and the State…
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African Overview 2015

By Andrea Carboni22 January 2016
In 2015, ACLED recorded 14,640 conflict events on the African continent. Armed conflict decreased by…
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South Sudan and Sudan — 2015 Update

By Janet McKnight11 December 2015
In 2015, both Sudan and South Sudan experimented with peace talks and peace agreements with…
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Nigeria — 2015 Update

By Matt Batten-Carew11 December 2015
Nigeria was the second most active country in the ACLED dataset in 2015. The first…
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Sources of Income and Political Conflict

By Roudabeh Kishi5 November 2015
Strong state capacity is difficult to attain in low-income countries where the state lacks access…
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Republic of Congo — November 2015 Update

By Matt Batten-Carew5 November 2015
Over the past year, a number of African leaders have held referendums in an attempt…
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The Conflict Patterns and Role of Pro-Government Militias

By Roudabeh Kishi9 October 2015
Pro-government militias (hereafter PGMs) are a growing risk to the safety of civilians and stability…
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Libya — October 2015 Update

By James Moody9 October 2015
Episodes of political confrontation continued to fall throughout September, yet cause for celebration is a…
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Select Publicly Available Political Violence Datasets — Regional-Level

By ACLED21 September 2015
ACLED has compiled a list of select publicly available political violence datasets offering data at…
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Targeting Civilians in South and Southeast Asia

By Hillary Tanoff17 September 2015
South and Southeast Asian countries have witnessed 561 violent events targeting civilians in 2015 so…
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The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) is a disaggregated data collection, analysis, and crisis mapping project.

ACLED is the highest quality and most widely used real-time data and analysis source on political violence and protest around the world. Practitioners, researchers, journalists, and governments depend on ACLED for the latest reliable information on current conflict and disorder patterns.

ACLED is a registered non-profit organization with 501(c)(3) status in the United States.

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