Al-Shabaab’s Kenyan Ambitions
Al-Shabaab’s 2 April attack in Kenya that killed 147 people at a university in Garissa, 120km from the border with Somalia, has again...
One year on, where are the Chibok schoolgirls?
On April 14, 2014, nearly 300 girls were abducted at midnight from their school, Federal Government Girls College, Chibok, in Borno...
CONFLICT TRENDS (NO. 36) REAL-TIME ANALYSIS OF AFRICAN POLITICAL VIOLENCE, APRIL 2015
Welcome to the April issue of the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project’s (ACLED) Conflict Trends report. Each month, ACLED...
China does not support rogue African states, it creates them - report
Africa can expect to witness more incidences of state-sponsored domestic violence, as Chinese aid increases, a new study shows. With...
Terrorism Rises in Africa
Terrorist atrocities by Sunni Muslim extremists are on the verge of becoming the world’s white noise. Two weeks ago, there was an attack...
Shabaab massacres dozens in attack on Kenyan university
Shabaab terrorists attacked the Garissa University College in Kenya earlier today. Initial reports say that approximately 10 gunmen were...
Islamist extremism rears its head across swath of Africa
The attack on Tunisia's famed Bardo Museum is just the latest evidence that parts of North and sub-Saharan Africa have become a magnet...
Guinea Ebola cases rise, three doctors infected
Guinea has suffered a setback in its fight against Ebola with a rash of new cases, including three doctors infected by the virus, with...
CONFLICT TRENDS (NO. 35) REAL-TIME ANALYSIS OF AFRICAN POLITICAL VIOLENCE, MARCH 2015
Welcome to the March issue of the Armed Con- flict Location & Event Data Project’s (ACLED) Con- flict Trends report. Each month, ACLED...
Good talk, not enough action: The AU's counter-terrorism architecture, and why it matters
Africa has a long history of terrorism, but it has only recently begun to acknowledge the problem and treat it as a threat that...
