A New Working Paper on ACLED Reporting Sources
The growth of online media and easily accessible information has enabled conflict data projects to provide…
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The Risk of Conflict-Related Mortality: How to Calculate Risk and Understanding Relative Risk Across Countries
A unit of relative risk is necessary in order to be able to draw comparisons…
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The Strategic Use of Unidentified Armed Groups In Conflict Zones
Unidentified armed groups (UAGs) constitute a large share of violent actors in the ACLED dataset;…
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Conflict Dynamics Within and Across Africa and Asia
ACLED’s release of data for Asia in addition to ACLED’s African data will allow for…
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The Targeting of Children in Conflict Zones, Part 1: General Trends
Violence against children is a conscious strategy employed by armed groups within conflict contexts. When…
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Rape as a Weapon of Political Violence, Part 2: Where, When, and by Whom is This Tactic Used?
Sexual violence (e.g. rape) is a conscious strategy frequently employed by armed groups to torture…
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Rape as a Weapon of Political Violence, Part 1: Trends Across Africa
Sexual violence as a weapon of political conflict is a serious, present-day atrocity affecting millions…
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Violence against Civilians and Al Shabaab: Tactics of Internal Security and Distabilisation
Conflict event levels and reported fatalities fell slightly in Somalia in January. While violence overall…
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Terrorism: A review of differences in definition
The existence of multiple, contrasting and even contradictory definitions and conceptualisations of terrorism in policy,…
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