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Conflict Trends April 2016
The April 2016 edition of ACLED’s Conflict Trend report focuses on increased protest activity in Chad at the beginning of this year, widespread police abuses in Egypt, the resurfacing of the Mozambican National Resistance movement (RENAMO) violence in Mozambique, al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and al-Mourabitoun attacks against foreign nationals in Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast…
Hybrid Warfare and Critical Infrastructure Protections: The Militarization of Natural Resources and Associated Infrastructure
Kevin Rosner, Infrastructure Security Conference, Manama, 2016
Conflict Trends March 2016
ACLED’s March Conflict Trends report focuses on ADF and FDLR violence in Democratic Republic of Congo, the largely peaceful protests against the expansion of Addis Ababa and the security forces response in Ethiopia, territorial gains made by General Khalifah Haftar’s military forces in Benghazi, Libya, the wide geography of riots and protests by Children of…
Asian Conflict Trends 2015 Overview
The February 2016 ACLED-Asia’s Conflict Trends Report includes a general overview of the violence recorded in South and Southeast Asia throughout 2015. The report highlights distinctions between the types and frequency of political violence and protests throughout 2015, a general review of rioting in South Asia, a focus on Pakistan’s most violent spaces, a piece on the rise…
Conflict Trends January 2016
The January 2016 edition of ACLED’s Conflict Trends report is an overview of conflict in 2015 and profiles sexual violence in Central African Republic, on-going police abuses in Egypt in 2016, Islamic State attacks and expanding quasi-military activity in Libya, religious-based violence in Nigeria, increased conflict activity by off-shoot militias in South Sudan and violence against…
Conflict Trends December 2015
ACLED’s December issue of Conflict Trends focuses on Boko Haram violence and general elections in Nigeria, xenophobic riots and tuition fee protests in universities in South Africa, the trajectory of conflict in South Sudan as it enters its third year of civil war, an increase in ethnic and communal violence as pro-government militias scaled down attacks…
Technology and Public Safety: Could the Use of Body Worn Cameras Increase Citizen Trust in Mexico’s Police Forces?
This paper begins with an overview of the policing context in Mexico, which is distinguished by a profoundly fractured relationship between law enforcement and the public. It then considers how body cameras, the latest technological innovation in policing, are being used to help bridge the police/citizen divide and provides an overview of international studies on…
Conflict Trends November 2015
ACLED’s November Conflict Trends report focuses on the diffusion of protests in Algeria amidst elite corruption, State of Sinai activity and parliamentary elections in Egypt, intra-party political violence in Guinea, political contestation in Republic of Congo following President Denis Sassou Nguesso’s constitutional amendment to term limits, demonstrations over university fees in South Africa, and heightened…
Conflict Trends October 2015
ACLED’s October issue of Conflict Trends focuses on the recent coup attempt and popular mobilisation in Burkina Faso, one-sided violence and strategic power-sharing in Burundi, the geography of rebellion in Democratic Republic of Congo, political dialogue and military power play in Libya and by-election violence and UPND incited riots in Zambia.