1/11/2024 0 Comments Armed conflict current event![]() ![]() If we can understand what is happening in these 20 countries-and what to do about it-then we may, finally, have a chance to start reducing the scale of human suffering. The countries on the 2023 Watchlist are home to just 13 percent of the global population, yet they account for 90 percent of people in humanitarian need and 81 percent of the people who have been forcibly displaced. The human and economic costs of these crises and disasters are not equally shared. ![]() The guardrails that once prevented such crises from spiraling out of control-including peace treaties, humanitarian aid, and accountability for violations of international law-have been weakened or dismantled. Heading into 2023, countries across the globe continue to struggle with decades-long conflicts, economic turmoil, and the devastating effects of climate change. Long-term economic underdevelopment and political marginalization are making communities in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger more vulnerable to the effects of both the climate crisis and protracted armed conflict. Crisis Monitor-a joint project led by ACLED and Princeton University’s Bridging Divides Initiative-that tracks and publishes real-time data on political violence and demonstrations in the U.S in order to “establish an evidence base from which to identify risks, hotspots and available resources to empower local communities in times of crisis.Editor's note, June 5, 2023: The IRC released a Watchlist Insight report focused on the Central Sahel, a region warming at 1.5x the global average. It relied on data collection from the U.S. U.S.-based ACLED is funded by the State Department’s Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations as well as foreign governments and other organizations, including the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the German Federal Foreign Office, the Tableau Foundation, the International Organization for Migration, and The University of Texas at Austin. ACLED highlights a recent Morning Consult poll in which 42% of respondents believe “most protesters (associated with the BLM movement) are trying to incite violence or destroy property.” ACLED suggests this “disparity stems from political orientation and biased media framing… such as disproportionate coverage of violent demonstrations.” Still, many people continue to believe that Black Lives Matter protests are largely violent-contrary to the report’s findings. ![]()
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