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Recent media mentions of ACLED data
Russia is firing warning shots off the Isle of Wight |The Independent
Last month, ACLED (Armed Conflict Location and Event Data) reported that Russia’s shadow fleet presented a sustained hybrid war threat at sea.
The Deadly Drone War Terrorizing Colombia | Wall Street Journal
Weaponized drone attacks by armed groups now outnumber those anywhere else in the region, including Mexico, where criminal groups were first recorded using the weapons in 2021, according to ACLED.
Mercenaries and defectors abound in Sudan war | Deutsche Welle
According to ACLED, the recent defections could be a sign of increasing tension within the RSF ranks and of "cracks in the RSF's core alliances."
Al Qaeda-linked militants curb their brutality in seized Malian territory | Reuters
Malian soldiers and their Russian partners have killed three to four times more civilians than jihadists have over the last two years, according ACLED, a conflict monitoring group.
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