Local government officials and administrators — including governors, mayors, councilors, and other civil servants — routinely come under attack by a wide array of armed actors, from cartels waging turf wars in Mexico to Russian occupying forces in Ukraine. In order to better analyze this trend and its impacts around the world, ACLED has launched…
The ACLED Conflict Index analyzes data on four key indicators -- deadliness, danger to civilians, geographic diffusion, and armed group fragmentation -- to assess political violence levels for every country and territory in the world. On 19 September 2023, ACLED held the virtual launch event for our new global Conflict Index, featuring an overview of…
On 19 October at 9 am EST/3 pm CET we held a virtual launch of the inaugural report in this series, featuring a panel discussion with ACLED Senior Researcher Héni Nsaibia, GI-TOC Senior Analyst Dr. Eleanor Beevor, International Crisis Group Senior Analyst Sahel Ibrahim Yahaya Ibrahim, and Ornella Moderan, a political and security analyst working on the Sahel, moderated by ACLED Africa Regional Specialist Ladd Serwat. See the full recording of the event below, and read the report here.
The ACLED Conflict Index assesses every country and territory in the world according to four indicators – deadliness, danger to civilians, geographic diffusion, and armed group fragmentation – based on analysis of political violence event data collected for the past year. The top 50 ranked countries and territories are experiencing extreme, high, or turbulent levels…
Local government officials are frequent victims of violence and intimidation worldwide. In 2023, ACLED records close to 2,500 incidents of violence targeting local government officials reported in 94 countries, and our data show that election cycles heighten these risks. To better monitor this threat, ACLED’s new 2023 Annual Report on Violence Targeting Local Officials sheds…
The 2024 electoral process was one of the most violent in Mexico in recent decades. Only in the year preceding the election, the project "Votar entre balas" (Voting between bullets) has documented more than 550 acts of violence against political actors. In addition, ACLED has recorded other expressions of political violence and disorder in the…
Join us on 3 July 2024 for a roundtable discussion with ACLED experts monitoring settler violence in the West Bank, as they analyze the impacts of the October 2023 attacks across the world.
Photo: Tyler Merbler/Wikimedia Commons.In this year of global elections, all eyes are on the contentious US race. The attempted assassination at former President Trump’s campaign rally shows that even at a time of lower mobilization, the risk of violence remains significant. With the campaign season at full speed and formal nominations underway, ongoing monitoring and…
Join us for the first Global Unrest Deep Data Dive from Emergent Risk International (ERI) and ACLED. In this webinar, we’ll talk through how ACLED meticulously sources their data and then how ERI translates this data into concise analysis, using current topical areas: the US, Israel-Palestine and Bangladesh. You will get the opportunity to pose…
As countries in Africa move away from multilateral security interventions, Rwanda has presented itself as an alternative partner. While Rwanda has increased involvement in regional security alongside host governments, since 2022 the bulk of its operations have been in the DRC.Watch the recorded webinar examining Rwanda’s security interventions, with a special focus on operations in…
A series of military coups in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger in recent years have transformed military dynamics in the region, shifting bilateral assistance from traditional Western partners like France and the United States to Russia, through mercenaries from the Wagner Group and its successor, Africa Corps. Despite these seismic changes, the Islamist insurgency spearheaded…
