Uganda — November 2015 Update

Africa, Al Shabaab, Civilians At Risk, LRA, Political Stability, Remote Violence, Rioting And Protests
Uganda has seen a steady increase in violence and protest throughout 2015, peaking in October with 46 events reported. October also saw nearly twice the number of conflict events as the second-most active month in 2015 (24 total events were reported in July) (see Figure 1), and each month had six conflict-related fatalities (see Figure 1).…

Guinea — November 2015 Update

Africa, Analysis, Elections, Remote Violence, Rioting And Protests, Violence Against Civilians
Guinea witnessed a dramatic spike in political unrest in October with levels of political violence surpassing those seen during the depth of the Ebola crisis. The primary cause of this instability is the presidential election, which took place on 11 October, which pitted incumbent Alpha Conde with long-time challenger Cellou Dalein Diallo.…

Update — Burundi Local Data on Recent Unrest (26 Apr – 31 Oct 2015)

Africa, Analysis, Focus On Militias, Remote Violence, Rioting And Protests, Violence Against Civilians
A new update of the recent unrest in Burundi, covering events from 26 April to 31 October 2015 has been released by ACLED. This update can be found here. These real-time data draw primarily on crowd-sourced information available from 2015Burundi as well as from ACLED’s weekly real-time conflict data release.…

Select Publicly Available Political Violence Datasets — National-Level

Africa, Analysis, Asia, Conflict Monitoring, Data Management, Political Stability
ACLED has compiled a list of select publicly available political violence datasets offering data at the national-level. This table — found below — can also be downloaded here. For a list of select publicly available political violence datasets offering data at the regional-level, see the blog post on this topic.…