This is the final part in a series of three analysis features covering unrest in Sudan. The first in the series — Riders on the Storm — explored the dynamics and agendas which resulted in the Juba Peace Agreement. The second — Danse Macabre — examined the origins of the uprising in Sudan and its trajectory…
14 January 2021: The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) has now expanded real-time coverage to all of Europe, extending the dataset to 37 new countries and territories. These data add more than 28,000 political violence and demonstration events and bring ACLED’s combined Europe dataset — now covering a total of 52 countries…
3 December 2020: Historical back-coding for 2018, as well as supplemental data drawing on 18 new sources, together result in ACLED’s most comprehensive coverage of East Asia to date. The new data add nearly 10,000 events across China, Taiwan,1For more information on ACLED coding of Taiwan and China, see this methodology brief. Japan, Mongolia, South…
Attacks on municipal candidates increased ahead of the first round of local elections in Brazil. South America Assistant Research Manager Júlia Lins Franciotti and Research Analyst Curtis Goos map the violence. © 2020 Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED). All rights reserved.
Nearly one year has passed since a large protest movement calling for political renewal began to sweep across Lebanon. The movement, popularly dubbed thawra (revolution), has exposed the negligence and ineptitude of the Lebanese ruling class. Yet, it has failed to produce the radical political overhaul protesters have been demanding. Today, Lebanon, plagued by economic…
In this joint report, ACLED and MilitiaWatch map militia activity across the United States and assess the risk of violence before, during, and after the 2020 election. Access data directly through the US Crisis Monitor. Definitions and methodology decisions are explained in the US Crisis Monitor FAQs and the US methodology brief. For more information, please check…
This is the first in a series of three analysis features covering unrest in Sudan, and the repercussions of this unrest for the wider region. Sudan is grappling with the legacies of decades of violence and quasi-military rule under the deposed President Omar al-Bashir, which has disproportionately affected marginalized areas of the country. This first…
In this infographic, ACLED Research Analyst Adam Miller and Middle East Research Manager Lauren Blaxter chart the latest developments in the Turkey-PKK conflict as Turkish forces launch major new operations in Iraqi Kurdistan. © 2020 Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED). All rights reserved.
Journalists and media workers continue to face violent threats around the world. Drawing on ACLED’s new curated dataset on disorder involving the media, Researcher Jules Duhamel maps political violence impacting journalists over the first five months of 2020. Access the full dataset on our Curated Data page and learn more about the new data with this methodology…
After eight years of conflict in the Sahel, the international community remains primarily focused on the two main jihadi militant groups driving the sub-regional insurgency in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger: the Al Qaeda-affiliated Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) and the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS). The reality on the ground is far…