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Analysing Low Intensity Conflict in Africa using Press Reports

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  • Philippe Bocquier

    (DIAL)

  • Hervé Maupeu

    (Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour)

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In the absence of reliable and unbiased sources in most African countries, press reports can serve to evaluate some specific causes of death, on condition that a political analysis of the relation between the press and the political power is conducted. Tested on data collected from a leading Kenyan newspaper, the method proposed here is used to conduct a historical and geographical analysis of deaths due to police violence, community clashes and banditry. It also helps to point out the discrepancies between the press discourses on insecurity and political violence, and the reality of deaths reported by the very same press.

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  • Philippe Bocquier & Hervé Maupeu, 2005. "Analysing Low Intensity Conflict in Africa using Press Reports," European Journal of Population, Springer;European Association for Population Studies, vol. 21(2), pages 321-345, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:eurpop:v:21:y:2005:i:2:d:10.1007_s10680-005-6858-z
    DOI: 10.1007/s10680-005-6858-z
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    1. Clionadh Raleigh & rew Linke & HÃ¥vard Hegre & Joakim Karlsen, 2010. "Introducing ACLED: An Armed Conflict Location and Event Dataset," Journal of Peace Research, Peace Research Institute Oslo, vol. 47(5), pages 651-660, September.
    2. Ashira Menashe-Oren, 2020. "Migrant-based youth bulges and social conflict in urban sub-Saharan Africa," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 42(3), pages 57-98.

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