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Armed Conflict
Events Database
Armed Conflict Events Data (ACED)
is an research project providing independent information about
known wars, international disputes, civil wars, rebellions, coups,
revolutions, genocides and other violent conflicts. ACED has been
online since December 2000. Various partial revisions and
modifications have been implemented since then, however, the
limitations of the this format hamper further development. During
2005, the decision was made to radically restructure the available
conflict information into a database. The new Armed Conflict
Events Database (ACEDb) will substantially increase the
utility of available conflict data for students of military
history. As well, it will offer expanded opportunities to add and
edit records of conflict. Existing research material will be
maintained in its present form but no revisions are planned. More
news about the development of ACEDb may be found at News
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Immediately after Algerian independence, Morocco laid claim to stretches of southern and western Algeria that had been under Moroccan sovereignty before the French gained control over the area in the nineteenth century.
Other demands for adjustment, from Algeria's President Ahmed Ben Bella (1918-), were
ignored and, in October 1963, Algerian and Moroccan forces began a border war
in which many lives were lost. In a series of sharp engagements in the disputed territory in October 1963, the professional Moroccan army consistently outperformed Algerian regulars and local guerrillas. The fledgling Organization of African Unity (OAU),
led by Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie (1891-1975) and Mali's President Modibo
Keita (1915-77), intervened and was able to arrange a cease-fire (February 20,
1964). But relations between Algeria and Morocco remained strained.