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…
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…
ACLED, in collaboration with WorldPop, have developed a new measure to answer that question. Conflict exposure is a measure of the number of people living within 1 kilometer, 2 km, and 5 km of each conflict incident or demonstration, shedding light on the demographic and geographic characteristics of populations exposed to conflict.For the virtual launch…
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…
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