Peacebuilding Review Urges Long-Haul Approach for UN
In the United Nations’ quest for peace, the decision to create the Peacebuilding Commission, the Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO), and...
CONFLICT TRENDS (NO. 39) REAL-TIME ANALYSIS OF AFRICAN POLITICAL VIOLENCE, JULY 2015
Welcome to the July issue of the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project’s (ACLED) Conflict Trends report. Each month, ACLED...
Shabaab photo release verifies details of Leego attack
Less than a week after Shabaab’s attack on the African Union base in Leego in southern Somalia, the al Qaeda branch has released several...
Shabaab assaults African Union base
Shabaab, al Qaeda’s official branch in Somalia, has reportedly killed more than 50 Burundian troops stationed at an African Union base in...
Shabaab releases images from the ambush of Ethiopian troops
A day after al Shabaab, al Qaeda’s official branch in Somalia, claimed it ambushed and killed dozens of Ethiopian troops in southern...
CONFLICT TRENDS (NO. 38) REAL-TIME ANALYSIS OF AFRICAN POLITICAL VIOLENCE, JUNE 2015
Welcome to the June issue of the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project’s (ACLED) Conflict Trends report. Each month, ACLED...
Who was Somali suicide bomber Luul Dahir?
She was, by almost all accounts, a rather wonderful woman - smart, helpful, and engaging - and a familiar presence behind the...
Climate of fear in Dadaab refugee camp leads many to consider repatriation
For Ibrahim Hussein, it was the final blow. When the Kenyan government ordered the closure of the Dadaab refugee camp following the...
Climate of fear in Dadaab refugee camp leads many to consider repatriation
For Ibrahim Hussein, it was the final blow. When the Kenyan government ordered the closure of the Dadaab refugee camp following the...
Thirty-five new Ebola cases hit Guinea and Sierra Leone
Ebola-hit Guinea and Sierra Leone saw a spike in new cases last week, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, dashing hopes that...
