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Category Archives: Human Rights

Counter-Insurgency and Violence Against Civilians in Eastern Congo

By Matt Batten-Carew9 June 2015
Since the beginning of 2015, numerous offensives have been launched by the Armed Forces of…
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Protest, Service Delivery and Xenophobic Violence in South Africa

By Daniel Wigmore-Shepherd8 June 2015
Conflict levels fell dramatically in May 2015 after South Africa suffered a wave of xenophobic…
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The Targeting of Children in Conflict Zones, Part 2: Increased Lethality and Contexts

By Roudabeh Kishi18 March 2015
Children in conflict zones are subject to high rates of violence (killing, or severely harming),…
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Rape as a Weapon of Political Violence, Part 1: Trends Across Africa

By Roudabeh Kishi18 February 2015
Sexual violence as a weapon of political conflict is a serious, present-day atrocity affecting millions…
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Conflict and Inequality

By Roudabeh Kishi26 November 2014
The growing role of inequality has been at the forefront of many development agendas recently…
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Algeria – Political Competition and Stability

By James Moody19 November 2014
The Arab Democracy Index IV, published in November 2014, documented that “there has been a…
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Continued Conflict and Violence in South Sudan

By Roudabeh Kishi22 October 2014
With peace talks between president Salva Kiir and SPLA/M-In Opposition leader and former vice-president Riek…
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The trend of increasing violence against humanitarian workers

By Daniel Wigmore-Shepherd21 August 2014
Violence against humanitarian workers reached a record high in 2013: according to the United Nations,…
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A comparison of violence against civilians between US-backed African regimes and Africa’s ‘pariah states’

By Daniel Wigmore-Shepherd13 August 2014
The three day US Africa Leaders Summit, which ended last week, has faced criticism for leaving…
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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.

Please contact [email protected] with comments or queries regarding the ACLED dataset.







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