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Conflict Trends (no. 43): Real-time analysis of African political violence, November 2015

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Welcome to the November 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 the diffusion of protests in Algeria amidst elite corruption, State of Sinai activity and parliamentary elections in Egypt, intra-party political violence in Guinea, a sharp increase in political contestation in Republic of Congo following President Denis Sassou Nguesso’s constitutional amendment to term limits, demonstrations over university fees in South Africa and heightened protest activity related to the 2016 elections in Uganda. A Special Focus Topic explores the effect of income and investment on inducing political conflict.

Elsewhere on the continent, violence continued to decrease in Burundi and Libya, whilst clashes between Ethiopian troops and the Ogaden National Liberation Army (ONLA) continued in Ethiopia.