Violent Islamism in Africa

John Campbell, in his Africa in Transition blog, highlights Caitriona Dowd's research brief on Tracking Islamist Militia and Rebel Groups published by the CCAPS program.

26 April 2012

CCAPS and ACLED Launch New Data and Monthly Trends Report

CCAPS and ACLED launched updated conflict event data for all African countries from 1997 to 2011, with the updates including the North African Spring, LRA activity, and continuing violence in Sudan.

CCAPS Researchers Examine Climate Change and Conflict in JPR Special Issue

This month, the Journal of Peace Research released a special issue on climate change and conflict that features two articles on CCAPS research: Climate Change, Rainfall, and Social Conflict in Africa, by CCAPS researchers Cullen Hendrix and Idean Salehyan, and Come Rain or Shine: An Analysis of Climate and Conflict Variability in East Africa, by CCAPS researcher Clionadh Raleigh and co-author Dominic Kniveton.

Experts Weigh In on Climate, Migration, and Security

CCAPS researcher Clionadh Raleigh is featured in a video series by the Climate Change, Migration, and Security project at the Center for American Progress. Clionadh Raleigh, who is an Assistant Professor of Trinity College Dublin, discusses whether there is a relationship between climate change and civil war and other links between the environment and violence.

18 April 2010

Research Assesses Political Vulnerability to Climate Change

Political Marginalization, Climate Change, and Conflict in African Sahel States by CCAPS researcher Clionadh Raleigh discusses the probability of increased communal conflict in African states due to the ‘‘political vulnerability’’ of groups to climate change. From an initial examination of communal conflicts in Sub-Saharan Africa, the risk of conflict depends largely on the size and political importance of ethnic groups.