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Category Archives: Africa

Conflict Data Collection Practices: ACLED versus Others

By Roudabeh Kishi9 June 2015
With so many different forms of data collection on conflict and violence types and locations,…
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Counter-Insurgency and Violence Against Civilians in Eastern Congo

By Matt Batten-Carew9 June 2015
Since the beginning of 2015, numerous offensives have been launched by the Armed Forces of…
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Spoilers and Game-Changers in Libya’s Civil Conflict

By James Moody8 June 2015
From December 2014 to February 2015, there was a significant lull in violence on all…
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Protest, Service Delivery and Xenophobic Violence in South Africa

By Daniel Wigmore-Shepherd8 June 2015
Conflict levels fell dramatically in May 2015 after South Africa suffered a wave of xenophobic…
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A New Working Paper on Collective Action in North Africa

By James Moody29 April 2015
Sustained collective action in the lead up to, over the course of, and in the…
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How to Clean Data from Multiple Datasets to Prepare for Combining

By Roudabeh Kishi28 April 2015
When working with quantitative data, it is often necessary to merge data from multiple datasets.…
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A New Working Paper on ACLED Reporting Sources

By Daniel Wigmore-Shepherd22 April 2015
The growth of online media and easily accessible information has enabled conflict data projects to provide…
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The Risk of Conflict-Related Mortality: How to Calculate Risk and Understanding Relative Risk Across Countries  

By Roudabeh Kishi20 April 2015
A unit of relative risk is necessary in order to be able to draw comparisons…
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The Strategic Use of Unidentified Armed Groups In Conflict Zones

By Roudabeh Kishi9 April 2015
Unidentified armed groups (UAGs) constitute a large share of violent actors in the ACLED dataset;…
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The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) is a disaggregated data collection, analysis, and crisis mapping project.

ACLED is the highest quality and most widely used real-time data and analysis source on political violence and protest around the world. Practitioners, researchers, journalists, and governments depend on ACLED for the latest reliable information on current conflict and disorder patterns.

ACLED is a registered non-profit organization with 501(c)(3) status in the United States.

Please contact [email protected] with comments or queries regarding the ACLED dataset.







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