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Published on: | Last updated:  ACLED records events as interactions between two (groups of) actors represented by the Actor1 and Actor2 columns. While the Actor1/2 columns specify the named groups involved in the event, the inter1 and inter2 columns categorize these actors into general classifications that allow broader view analysis of interactions between state forces, rebel groups, political militias, identity militias, rioters, protesters, civilians and external or other forces as whole. …

Published on: | Last updated:  Inclusion criteria Sexual violence captured within the ACLED dataset includes all political or public violence of a sexual nature. This means that sexual violence included in the dataset is not limited to solely penetrative rape, but also includes actions like public stripping, sexual torture of men, etc.…