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Armed Conflict Location and Event Dataset, Realtime - Robert S. Strauss Center

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Original or alternative title 
Armed Conflict Location and Event Dataset (ACLED)
Geography 
Algeria (DZA)
Andorra (AND)
Angola (AGO)
Bahrain (BHR)
Benin (BEN)
Botswana (BWA)
Burundi (BDI)
Cambodia (KHM)
Cameroon (CMR)
Chad (TCD)
Congo (COG)
Djibouti (DJI)
Egypt (EGY)
Eritrea (ERI)
Eswatini (SWZ)
Ethiopia (ETH)
Gabon (GAB)
Gambia (GMB)
Ghana (GHA)
Guinea (GIN)
India (IND)
Indonesia (IDN)
Iraq (IRQ)
Israel (ISR)
Jordan (JOR)
Kenya (KEN)
Kuwait (KWT)
Lebanon (LBN)
Lesotho (LSO)
Liberia (LBR)
Libya (LBY)
Malawi (MWI)
Mali (MLI)
Morocco (MAR)
Namibia (NAM)
Nepal (NPL)
Niger (NER)
Nigeria (NGA)
Oman (OMN)
Pakistan (PAK)
Palestine (PSE)
Qatar (QAT)
Rwanda (RWA)
Senegal (SEN)
Somalia (SOM)
Sri Lanka (LKA)
Sudan (SDN)
Togo (TGO)
Tunisia (TUN)
Türkiye (TUR)
Uganda (UGA)
Viet Nam (VNM)
Yemen (YEM)
Zambia (ZMB)
Zimbabwe (ZWE)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/1997 - 10/2023
Data type
Event data:
  • GPS coordinates (GIS)
Summary 

This dataset is updated monthly for all African countries, and weekly for 30 high risk countries in the Middle East and Asia. It covers actions of militias, opposition groups, and governments across Africa. The data are disaggregated by type of violence.