Please note the key figures displayed below reflect data from 2017 only. The Islamic State (IS) was officially founded in June 2014 following the fall of Mosul and the merger of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, then known as the Islamic State in Iraq (ISI), with the al-Nusra Front in Syria (figures presented below are for 2017-present…
Boko Haram is West Africa’s most active and lethal actor. Since 2009, events involving the Abubakar Shekau-led group have numbered more than 2,350 and have been linked to more than 27,000 fatalities. Violent activity reached a high point in 2015, with 456 events. This figure declined over the short term, averaging 325 events per year…
Al Shabaab has grown to become the continent’s most active and lethal actor. Since 2008, events involving al Shabaab have numbered more than 8,400 and have been linked to more than 22,000 fatalities. Violent activity related to the group reached a high point in 2014, with 1,293 events. This figure has remained relatively stable in…
The Yemeni civil war is a multidimensional conflict where local and national power struggles were aggravated by a regional proxy conflict. In March 2015, the Houthi Movement and military units loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, who seized control of the capital Sana’a in September 2014, dismissed the internationally recognised government led by Abdrabbuh…
Please note the key figures displayed below reflect data from 2017 only. The current Syrian conflict has four major fault lines: 1) the Assad regime vs. the armed opposition; 2) armed opposition vs. the Islamic State; 3) the Assad regime vs. the Islamic State and; 4) Kurdish fighters vs. the Islamic State, Regime or armed…