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Category Archives: Improvised Explosive Devices

Homemade Resistance: The Popular Response to the Difficulties of Life in Gaza

By Lauren Blaxter14 September 2018
The recent conflict activity on the Gaza border can be characterized by its lack of…
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Regional Overview – Africa 02 July 2018

By Margaux Pinaud3 July 2018
Important developments in Africa in the week of June 24th included the Fulani violence in…
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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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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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Violence Against Civilians in Afghanistan: The Taliban and the Islamic State

By Tom Hart16 May 2018
Late last month in Kabul, an Islamic State (IS) suicide bomber detonated himself outside of…
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Burkina Faso – October 2017 Update

By Matt Batten-Carew9 October 2017
January 2016 began a string of violence by militant Islamist groups in West Africa that…
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Cameroon – October 2017 Update

By James Moody9 October 2017
Riots and protests witnessed an uptick in intensity in Cameroon in September as demonstrators voiced…
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Niger – May 2017 Update

By Charles Vannice20 June 2017
Violent activity in Niger has been sporadic over the last year and half, and its…
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Boko Haram in Nigeria — August 2015 Update

By Daniel Wigmore-Shepherd7 August 2015
Political violence in Nigeria resulted in 980 reported fatalities in July, the highest count since…
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Political Militias and Remote Violence in 2014

By Daniel Wigmore-Shepherd28 January 2015
Version 5 of ACLED carries a new event type termed ‘Remote violence’. Remote violence is…
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ACLED is a registered non-profit organization with 501(c)(3) status in the United States.

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