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Extreme Temperatures and Violence

In a recent article featured in Nature Climate Change, CCAPS researcher Clionadh Raleigh examines the theory that extreme weather events are the drivers of insecurity and conflict. She argues that suggesting that climate change is the…

Conflict Trends January 2014

This issue of Conflict Trends will provide an overview of 2013 as captured in Version 4 of the ACLED dataset, before profiling dynamics in North Africa, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Somalia and South…

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ACLED Country Report: DR-Congo

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DR-Congo) is the second most violent country in the ACLED dataset when measured by the number of conflict events; and the third most fatal over the course of the dataset’s…

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Conflict Trends December 2013

ACLED’s December issue of Conflict Trends focuses on the role of Seleka in fueling conflict in the Central African Republic, the growth of M-23 in DR-Congo, the increase of militia activity in Kenya and the ongoing instability…

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ACLED Country Report: Kenya

Kenya is the seventh most violent country in the ACLED dataset with just over 3,500 recorded politically violent events between 1997 and September 2013. The report analyzes militia activity in urban areas, communal violence in the…

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Conflict Trends November 2013

The November 2013 issue of ACLED’s Conflict Trends focuses on the intensification of violence in DR-Congo; persistent violence in Mali; the collapse of the peace agreement in Mozambique; several high-profile, high-intensity attacks in Nigeria; and rising unrest…

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Conflict Trends October 2013

The October 2013 issue of ACLED’s Conflict Trends includes analysis of the ongoing conflict in the Central African Republic and Democratic Republic of the Congo, the violence and political unrest continuing in Egypt, Al-Shabaab activity in Kenya, and…

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Conflict Trends September 2013

The September 2013 issue of ACLED’s monthly conflict trends report takes a look at ongoing unrest in the Central African Republic, mounting tension in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the emerging phenomenon of communal vigilante…

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Conflict Trends August 2013

The August 2013 issue of Conflict Trends includes analysis of the escalating crisis in Egypt, which witnessed an intensification of fighting and related fatalities in July; an overview surrounding the recent elections in Mali and Zimbabwe; details…

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Conflict Trends July 2013

The July 2013 issue of ACLED’s monthly conflict trends report focuses on the escalation of unrest in Egypt, ongoing violence in DR-Congo’s Katanga Province, continuing communal violence in Kenya, and escalating conflict in Somalia’s cities…

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