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Bangladesh: Sheikh Hasina has been sentenced to death. But is this the end of the Awami League? – ACLED expert comment
ACLED’s expert comment on the interim government’s crackdown on the Awami League ahead of Hasina’s trial, and the party’s continued influence despite it.
Serbia: One year since the Novi Sad tragedy, the government’s response to protests is sustaining the movement — Expert comment
On 1 November 2024, the canopy at a newly reconstructed train station in the Serbian city of Novi Sad collapsed, killing 16 people. Widespread suspicion that corruption led to this collapse sparked a protest movement across Serbia that demanded both criminal and political accountability.
El Fasher and Kordofan: the strategic fronts in Sudan’s shifting war — Expert comment
The Rapid Support Forces’ (RSF) capture of El Fasher — following 18 months of siege — marks a significant turning point in Sudan’s civil war. El Fasher was the last stronghold of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and its ally in the Darfur region, the Darfur Joint Forces.
The first No Kings protests were massive. Will Saturday’s No Kings II reach the same heights? — Expert comment
The No Kings II demonstrations planned for this Saturday, 18 October, hope to regain the momentum of anti-Trump sentiment expressed on 14 June.
Recent media mentions of ACLED data
Thousands flee to overcrowded camps after Sudan’s paramilitary captures el-Fasher | Associated Press
Tens of thousands of Sudanese have fled to overcrowded camps to escape reported atrocities by a paramilitary force since it captured el-Fasher in the western Darfur region, an aid group said Saturday, and the U.N. human rights chief warned that many others are still trapped.
Is Mali about to fall to al-Qaeda affiliate JNIM? | Al Jazeera
The al-Qaeda-linked group JNIM wants to incite popular discontent and pressure Mali’s military government, experts say.
Nigeria says US help against Islamist insurgents must respect its sovereignty | Reuters
Nigeria said on Sunday it would welcome U.S. help in fighting Islamist insurgents as long as its territorial integrity is respected, responding to threats of military action by President Donald Trump over what he said was the ill treatment of Christians in the West African country.
Ecuador's crackdown on gangs fractures criminal networks and fuels bloodshed | Reuters
The death toll of the March shoot-out in several houses in Nueva Prosperina, one of Guayaquil's most violent neighborhoods, was 22.