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Category Archives: Unidentified Armed Groups

Tensions Flare in the DR-Congo

By Miguel Chambel23 February 2018
In DR-Congo, signs of a perfect storm are emerging: local conflict is flaring in the…
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Al Shabaab and Boko Haram: Patterns of Violence

By Clionadh Raleigh9 October 2017
Which group is the most violent in Africa? A recent report exploring Africa’s active militant…
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Somalia – September 2017 Update

By Roudabeh Kishi22 September 2017
Somalia continues to be the most conflict-affected country in Africa in 2017 with 1,537 organized…
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Democratic Republic of Congo – September 2017 Update

By Matt Batten-Carew22 September 2017
On 19 December 2016, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR-Congo) Joseph Kabila’s constitutionally-mandated…
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Gender-Based Violence and Women’s Political Participation

By Roudabeh Kishi2 August 2017
While many studies of political gender-based violence (GBV) have focused on the practices of groups…
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South Sudan – February 2017 Update

By Margaux Pinaud10 March 2017
Higher levels of violence have rocked South Sudan since July 2016, when battles re-erupted between…
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Political Developments in Libya

By James Moody7 February 2017
Conflict and political violence events in January 2017 dropped to their lowest recorded levels since…
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South Sudan– November 2016 Update

By Margaux Pinaud14 November 2016
Political violence in South Sudan continued to increase through October, reaching its highest point since…
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Update — Burundi Local Data on Recent Unrest (26 Apr 2015 – 21 August 2016)

By ACLED26 August 2016
A new update of the recent unrest in Burundi, covering events from 26 April 2015…
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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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