Future (im)perfect? Mapping conflict, violence and extremism in Africa
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This pAper expAnds on the analysis presented in a number of previous publications by the institute for security studies (iss)1 on the drivers of conflict and instability in Africa. Apart from contextual analyses from a variety of sources, the paper relies on data from three large conflict data providers, namely the Uppsala Conflict data program (UCdp) at the Uppsala University in sweden,2 the Armed Conflict Location and event data project (ACLed) at the University of sussex3 and the Global Terrorism database (GTd) hosted by the University of Maryland in the UsA.4
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