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…
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…
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…
Bridging the Policy Gap: Mapping Climate Change and Security in Africa
In Research Brief No. 20, Ashley Moran and Dominique Thuot discuss new mapping tools that allow users to view data on climate change vulnerability, real-time conflict tracking, and international aid…
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…
Alan Kuperman on Constitutional Design and Conflict Management in Africa
In an article published in Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy, Alan Kuperman explores whether constitutional reform could reduce political instability and violence in Africa. The project recommends promoting gradual reform of…
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,…
Shifting Conflict Patterns in Africa
The Strauss Center, the U.S. Africa Command, the National Defense University’s Africa Center for Strategic Studies, and the U.S. Army Senior Service Fellowship Program hosted a two-day conference examining shifting…