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Category Archives: Vigilante Militias

Burundi — October 2015 Update

By Daniel Wigmore-Shepherd9 October 2015
The number of conflict events and fatalities has continued to decrease in Burundi since its…
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Rape as a Weapon of Political Violence, Part 2: Where, When, and by Whom is This Tactic Used?

By Roudabeh Kishi25 February 2015
Sexual violence (e.g. rape) is a conscious strategy frequently employed by armed groups to torture…
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State Repression as an Obstruction to Conflict Monitoring

By Daniel Wigmore-Shepherd18 February 2015
Governments may purposely repress or limit the information available to NGOs, media outlets and academics…
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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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Inter-communal Conflict in Sudan

By Roudabeh Kishi28 January 2015
Sudan continues to be one of the top three most violent countries in Africa, as…
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State Policy, Political Opportunity and Phases of Contentious Political Activity in Egypt

By James Moody18 December 2014
A cursory glance at Egypt’s conflict landscape from the beginning of the revolutionary uprising would…
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Conflict in South Sudan: The Rising Role of Political and Ethnic Militias

By Roudabeh Kishi26 September 2014
The civil war in South Sudan continues.  The sixth round of peace talks between president…
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A Breakdown of Libya’s Warring Militia Groups

By James Moody10 September 2014
The complex political make-up of Libya’s fractured fighting groups has seen indiscriminate shelling of civilian…
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