Emergency declared as elephant poached
Johannesburg – An emergency was declared as the first elephant was poached on the western border of Kruger National Park. Each day in...
Suicide bombers kill over 30 in Cameroon and Nigeria
A child and a middle-aged woman were deployed as suicide bombers in the Far North Region of Cameroon and in Yobe state in Nigeria over...
Shabaab targets Jazeera hotel in Mogadishu
Shabaab, al Qaeda’s official branch in Somalia, has claimed responsibility for bombing the popular Jazeera hotel in the Somali capital of...
Teenage suicide bombers kill more than 20 in northern Cameroon
The Islamic State’s West Africa province (ISWA), formerly known as Boko Haram, killed more than 20 people in a double suicide attack in...
Could this collar save poached rhinos?
Could a GPS satellite collar be the answer to South Africa's extensive poaching problem? One non-profit organisation believes so... A...
Congolese ivory kingpin wriggles out of yet another arrest
The video is shaky having been secretly captured. But the image of the table full of polished ivory artifacts and the merchant sitting...
Pushing Ivory Out of Africa: A Case Study from the Field
A criminal intelligence analysis of elephant poaching and ivory trafficking in east Africa. This case study takes data directly from...
Shabaab ambushes Burundian troops near Leego
Shabaab, al Qaeda’s official branch in Somalia, ambushed a convoy of Burundian troops on a road near the southern town of Leego. The...
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...
