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Tag Archives: Somalia

Violence against Civilians and Al Shabaab: Tactics of Internal Security and Distabilisation

By Caitriona Dowd11 February 2015
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

By Caitriona Dowd10 December 2014
The existence of multiple, contrasting and even contradictory definitions and conceptualisations of terrorism in policy,…
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Resource-Related Conflict in Africa

By Roudabeh Kishi19 November 2014
Natural resource extraction by mining (including oil, diamonds, copper, and cobalt) has tremendous positive economic…
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Anti-Government Protests and Regime Breakdown: Conflict Dynamics in Transitional States

By James Moody12 November 2014
“Authoritarian regimes…breakdown in systematically different ways, and they also affect post-transition outcomes” Geddes (1999: 6)…
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Remote-Violence, Bombings and Conflict Part 3: Overall Trends in the Use of Improvised Explosive Devices

By Daniel Wigmore-Shepherd6 November 2014
The use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in conflict zones across has become increasingly prevalent…
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The Escalation of Political Violence in Libya

By James Moody6 November 2014
Since June 2014, Libya has been the fourth most volatile country in the ACLED African…
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Violence against Journalists and Press

By Roudabeh Kishi29 October 2014
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) launched a new awareness campaign last week about the persecution of…
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Education and Political Conflict Part 2: Non-State Actor Strategies – A Focus on Boko Haram & Al Shabaab Conflict Dynamics

By James Moody29 October 2014
In February 2012, Boko Haram members burned down three schools in the town of Maiduguri…
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Education and Political Conflict Part 1

By James Moody22 October 2014
Following the announcement on the 16th October that the Nigerian government had negotiated the release…
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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.

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