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Update Log
Our team makes regular updates, additions, and corrections to the ACLED dataset as new or better information becomes available. Check this page for a running log of the latest changes and supplementation projects.
Note: Log currently shows updates starting in 2023.
26 September 2024 Update: Interaction Code Format Change
Published on: 26 September 2024
On 26 September 2024, ACLED changed the values of the interaction categorization columns to text descriptors rather than numbers. However, we will retain the option for users to revert to numeric values as needed.…
5 September 2024 Update: Integration of fatality estimates and new events from Human Rights Watch Report for West Darfur, Sudan
Published on: 5 September 2024
From late April 2023, violent clashes broke out between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Massalit militias.…
2 September 2024 Update: Introducing neighborhood level data for Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Published on: 2 September 2024
In this update, ACLED introduces neighborhood level data for Port-au-Prince, Haiti. This allows users to track the local violence dynamics and territorial control in the metropolitan area more effectively and in greater detail.…
2 September 2024 Update: Remote violence interactions between IDF and Hezbollah
Published on: 2 September 2024
This update corrects remote violence interactions between IDF and Hezbollah recorded as Armed clashes to distinct Explosions/Remote violence events, creating a more accurate representation of the remote nature of the fighting between Hezbollah and IDF since 7 October 2023.…
2 September 2024 Update: Improved locations of IDF military sites along the border with Lebanon
Published on: 2 September 2024
This update improves the accuracy of the locations recorded for Hezbollah strikes against IDF military sites at the Lebanese border.
Impacted data: All events with geoprecision 2 on the Lebanese side of the border involving mention of [IDF] military sites being hit by Hezbollah.…