Trans-Sahel Interactive Dashboard – Mali
This visualization represents all violent group data collected in Mali from January 2011 to present. Violent event types that meet ISVG’s criteria for collection include the following: armed...
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Afghanistan: 2012 Green-on-Blue Attacks Year-end Report
Fifty green-on-blue attacks occurred during 2012, resulting in the death of 81 government personnel. This is a tremendous increase from the 21 green-on-blue attacks that were carried out against...
Afghanistan: Green-on-Blue Attacks 2012 Update
Forty-six green-on-blue attacks have occurred since January 1, 2012, resulting in the death of 78 government personnel. This is a tremendous increase from the 21 green-on-blue attacks that were...
Attacks on U.S. Embassies and Consulates
fifty-three attacks targeting U.S. embassies have occurred since 2006 resulting in the deaths of more than 200 casualties. These attacks have occurred in more than 20 countries across the...
Pakistan: An Attack on Education
* Report created by ISVG’s Nikole Snyder In violence-riddled Northwestern Pakistan, attacks against educational institutions are often eclipsed in the media by higher casualty events. While these attacks against...
Intensity of Boko Haram Attacks Influenced by Al Qaeda-Linked Groups and other Situations in Africa
*Created by ISVG’s Jonathan Epperson Boko Haram, which means “Western education is a sin”, began in the early 1990s but did not become as active as it currently is...
Second Wave: Boko Haram Attacks Kano, Nigeria
On Friday, January 20, 2012, members of the Islamic terrorist sect Boko Haram carried out a coordinated and deadly assault on eight government office locations throughout Kano, Nigeria, resulting...
The Boko Haram Sect: Nigeria’s Most Deadly
*Report created by ISVG Research Analyst, Meagan Wilder. On November 4, 2011, Nigeria experienced a series of coordinated attacks in two of the country’s northern states: Borno and Yobe....
Sectarian Violence Hits Afghanistan
Yesterday, twin suicide bombings in the Afghan cities of Mazar-e Sharif and Kabul killed at least 60 people and wounded hundreds. Many of the casualties occurred at a Shiite shrine...
Nigerian Nightmare: Visualizing Terror in Africa’s Most Populous Nation
*Data is updated to include the deadly Boko Haram attack of November 4, 2011. Introduction With over 150 million people, Nigeria is the most populated country in Africa and,...
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