![]() ![]() This means that while an average of more than three people were killed in every event involving al-Shabab, each Boko Haram event left an average of more than eight people dead. ACLED data show that in 2016 Boko Haram was involved in 419 events resulting in 3,500 reported fatalities overall - including both Boko Haram deaths as well as those of opponents/victims (see Figure 1). ACLED data indicate that in 2016 al-Shabab was involved in the largest number of violent events by a conflict actor in Africa recorded that year (1,136), resulting in a total of 4,282 reported fatalities - the total includes both al-Shabab deaths as well as those of opponents/victims (see Figure 1).īoko Haram is a militant Islamist fundamentalist group based in northeastern Nigeria loosely aligned with the Islamic State. ![]() Which group should be considered the “deadliest”?Īl-Shabab is a violent fundamentalist Islamist group with 7,000 to 9,000 fighters allied with al-Qaeda operating in Somalia and parts of Kenya. No, al-Shabab is not deadlier than Boko Haram A review of the ACLED data set, however, can shed some light on two of Africa’s most active groups, Boko Haram and al-Shabab. Of course, no battle data can offer reliable and unbiased assessments of who began the fight, who killed whom and how many died from each side - and collecting the data can be complicated. In a July 21 Monkey Cage post, Salem Solomon and Casey Frechette challenged the validity of an Africa Center analysis that noted that al-Shabab had surpassed Boko Haram as Africa’s most deadly militant Islamist group. Since April 2016, the Africa Center for Strategic Studies has tracked the levels of attacks associated with all militant Islamist groups in Africa on a quarterly basis, using data compiled from the widely used Armed Conflict Location & Event Data (ACLED) Project. It’s also a reminder of the importance of accurate data on where and why violence occurs in the world, and where the threats are on the rise. ![]() 2 as the International Day of Non-Violence, a reminder that it is irrational to use violence to promote peaceful societies. ![]() Armed Cameroonian men in the rapid intervention battalion patrol in Waza, Cameroon, in May 2014. ![]()
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