Somalia’s parliamentary and presidential elections are set to take place amidst a general climate of political tensions and violence. A constitutional crisis stoked by months of political deadlock between President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed ‘Farmaajo’ and the opposition threatens to escalate into a violent conflict pitting federal forces against state-based militias, as well as armed clans…
Download a PDF We are pleased to announce the launch of ACLED-Religion, our new pilot project collecting real-time data on religious repression and disorder across seven countries in the Middle East and North Africa. Religion can be used to legitimize political institutions, mobilize social movements, and drive support for armed conflicts. This is true across…
Our annual special report reviews the past year of data for 10 key conflicts with a look toward trends to watch in the coming months. Access ACLED data directly through the export tool, and find more information about ACLED methodology in our Resource Library. To explore an interactive visualization of this special report, click here.…
This is the final part in a series of three analysis features covering unrest in Sudan. The first in the series — Riders on the Storm — explored the dynamics and agendas which resulted in the Juba Peace Agreement. The second — Danse Macabre — examined the origins of the uprising in Sudan and its trajectory…
14 January 2021: The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) has now expanded real-time coverage to all of Europe, extending the dataset to 37 new countries and territories. These data add more than 28,000 political violence and demonstration events and bring ACLED’s combined Europe dataset — now covering a total of 52 countries…
3 December 2020: Historical back-coding for 2018, as well as supplemental data drawing on 18 new sources, together result in ACLED’s most comprehensive coverage of East Asia to date. The new data add nearly 10,000 events across China, Taiwan,1For more information on ACLED coding of Taiwan and China, see this methodology brief. Japan, Mongolia, South…
Attacks on municipal candidates increased ahead of the first round of local elections in Brazil. South America Assistant Research Manager Júlia Lins Franciotti and Research Analyst Curtis Goos map the violence. © 2020 Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED). All rights reserved.
Nearly one year has passed since a large protest movement calling for political renewal began to sweep across Lebanon. The movement, popularly dubbed thawra (revolution), has exposed the negligence and ineptitude of the Lebanese ruling class. Yet, it has failed to produce the radical political overhaul protesters have been demanding. Today, Lebanon, plagued by economic…
In this joint report, ACLED and MilitiaWatch map militia activity across the United States and assess the risk of violence before, during, and after the 2020 election. Access data directly through the US Crisis Monitor. Definitions and methodology decisions are explained in the US Crisis Monitor FAQs and the US methodology brief. For more information, please check…
This is the first in a series of three analysis features covering unrest in Sudan, and the repercussions of this unrest for the wider region. Sudan is grappling with the legacies of decades of violence and quasi-military rule under the deposed President Omar al-Bashir, which has disproportionately affected marginalized areas of the country. This first…