Welcome to the July issue of the Armed Conflict Location & Event Dataset (ACLED) Conflict Trends report. Each issue, ACLED data on conflict patterns and dynamics in Africa from the preceding month are presented and analysed in comparative and historical perspective. Realtime conflict event data is collected and published through our research partners at Climate Change and African Political Stability (CCAPS) where it is updated monthly.
In addition, historical data from Volume III of the dataset, covering conflict in Africa from January 1997 to December 2012, is available online at acleddata.com, along with previous Conflict Trends reports, country profiles for key conflictaffected states, thematic special features, and information on the data collection and publication process.
This month, we profile the escalation of unrest in Egypt, where June saw massive and diverse protests and riots, followed by the military intervening to oust the country’s first elected President a year after he had taken office.
Ongoing violence in DR-Congo’s Katanga Province is also explored, alongside continuing communal violence in Kenya, escalating conflict in Somalia’s cities of Mogadishu and Kismayo, and what to expect in the upcoming elections in the two very different contexts of Mali and Zimbabwe.