Publication

This issue provides an overview of conflict trends in a number of African countries up to August 2014. In particular, the authors examine the de-escalation of violence and the potential for future violence in the run-up to elections in 2015 in Burundi, as well as the ongoing instability in Egypt, Nigeria, Sudan and Zambia. This issue also discusses the escalation of fighting in Libya and explores some of the militias and other actors involved in the conflict in the country.