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Category Archives: Ethnic Militias

Understanding Inter-Ethnic Conflict in Myanmar

By Elliott Bynum28 September 2018
While most of the political violence in Myanmar arises from the conflicts between the Myanmar…
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The Complexity of Disorder in India

By Bhavani Castro17 August 2018
As India celebrated its 72nd Independence Day on 15 August 2018, the country continues to…
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How Lebanon’s Disengagement From the Syrian Civil War Changed Violence in the Country

By Lauren Blaxter11 July 2018
The 2017 Qalamoun offensive (see here for more on this topic) disengaged Lebanese territory from…
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The Islamic State in Yemen

By Andrea Carboni5 July 2018
Since its formation in November 2014, the Yemeni branch of the Islamic State (IS) has…
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Different Experiences of the 2018 Ramadan Ceasefires in Afghanistan and Jammu & Kashmir

By Ellen Beahm22 June 2018
The Muslim populations of South Asia observed the holy month of Ramadan this year with…
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IS After ‘Defeat’: Guerilla Tactics in the Desert

By ACLED14 June 2018
A particularly pressing question for policy-makers is the form and intensity of violence to expect…
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US Involvement in Yemen

By Braden Fuller13 June 2018
The United States military began conducting operations against Al-Qaeda in Yemen shortly after US lawmakers…
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Increasing Political Violence in the Central African Republic

By Giovanni Zanoletti8 June 2018
In the first half of 2018, political violence in the Central African Republic has both…
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From the Mali-Niger borderlands to rural Gao – Tactical and geographical shifts of violence

By Héni Nsaibia6 June 2018
In late April and early May, six massacres took place in the Mali-Niger border corridor.…
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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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