Welcome to the September issue of the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project’s (ACLED) Conflict Trends report. Each month, ACLED researchers gather, analyse and publish data on political violence in Africa in realtime. Weekly updates to realtime conflict event data are published on the ACLED website, and are also available through our research partners at Climate Change and African Political Stability (CCAPS).
This month’s issue focuses on allegations against peacekeeping forces in Central African Republic, the continuation of a regime of intimidation in Egypt, the potential for Islamic State expansion across Africa, decreased levels of violence following peace talks in South Sudan and a reduction in violence against civilians in Sudan, economically- driven protests in Tunisia and patterns of violence surrounding the Zimbabwe by-elections. Two Special Focus Topics explore the containment and diffusion of violence during peacekeeping de- ployment and inequality and conflict across Africa using the Gini Index. Elsewhere on the continent, violence increased in Somalia while DR-Congo, Kenya and Nigeria were subject to a drop-off in conflict events.