Every month, we publish short reports that analyze the latest ACLED data and highlight important patterns in political violence and protests around the world.
Every month, we publish short reports that analyze the latest ACLED data and highlight important patterns in political violence and protests around the world.
So far, most harm has occurred during attacks on military, security, and state-linked sites. If the US attacks critical infrastructure, that could change.
Violence involving settlers in March has killed at least eight Palestinians — the highest monthly total in ACLED’s decade of data for Palestine.
The violence in eastern DRC is increasingly shaped not only by military forces or the M23, but by the non-state armed group alliances that support them.
ACLED’s Lebanon and Jordan Researcher Bassel Doueik comments on Israel’s military shift towards Lebanon.
ACLED’s West Africa Senior Analyst Heni Nsaibia comments on Benin’s presidential elections and the need for a stable transition.
ACLED’s Southern & Eastern Africa Assistant Research Manager Miriam Adah comments on twelve years since Nigeria’s first mass abduction of schoolchildren.
A look at the current situation on the front lines, escalating drone use, and impacts of the Iran war on conflict in Sudan.
The ACLED Conflict Index is a global assessment of how and where conflicts in every country and territory in the world vary according to four indicators — deadliness, danger to civilians, geographic diffusion, and the number of armed groups.
ACLED's Election Watch monitors election violence worldwide.
ACLED CEO Prof. Clionadh Raleigh's monthly observations on the state of the world.
ACLED’s annual report on Violence Targeting Local Officials provides a breakdown of all reported violence against local administrators worldwide.
ACLED’s Lebanon and Jordan Researcher Bassel Doueik comments on Israel’s military shift towards Lebanon.
ACLED’s West Africa Senior Analyst Heni Nsaibia comments on Benin’s presidential elections and the need for a stable transition.
ACLED’s Southern & Eastern Africa Assistant Research Manager Miriam Adah comments on twelve years since Nigeria’s first mass abduction of schoolchildren.
A look at the current situation on the front lines, escalating drone use, and impacts of the Iran war on conflict in Sudan.
ACLED’s Middle East Assistant Research Manager Nasser Khdour comments on Israel’s targeting of Lebanon after US and Iran agree to halt fighting.
The almost entirely peaceful No Kings III protests made 28 March the day with the largest number of mobilizations in recent years.
Ukraine ramped up strikes on Russian oil infrastructure, and attacks linked to war in the Middle East spanned several countries.
Fighting between Afghanistan and Pakistan entered a second month, rido violence peaked in the Philippines, and airstrikes in Myanmar grew deadlier.
ACLED’s Prof. Clionadh Raleigh comments on the ceasefire as strike activity in Iran reaches a new high
Demonstrations surged in Cuba and Venezuela, and Ecuadorian authorities stepped up operations against armed groups as tensions with Colombia increased.