![]() ![]() The data come in four formats: an API (available at a Microsoft Excel sheet (or csv) 1 shapefiles for regions and Excel files for particular event aggregations, including “Civil war” (events associated with government and rebel battles and all rebel activity), “Violence against civilians,” or specific actors (e.g. Version 8 of ACLED covers African states from 1997 into real-time, South and Southeast Asian states from 2010 into real-time (unless otherwise indicated), and Middle Eastern states from 2016 (unless otherwise indicated) into real-time.ĪCLED data are available to the public and are released in real-time. ![]() ![]() rallies, recruitment drives, peace talks, high-level arrests).ĪCLED data are derived from a wide range of local, regional and national sources and the information is collected by trained data experts worldwide. ![]() Non-violent ‘strategic developments’ representing crucial junctures in periods of political violence (e.g. Locating rebel, militia and government bases, headquarters, strongholds and presence Ĭollecting information on rioting and protesting and Recording attacks on civilians by all violent political agents ĭistinguishing between territorial transfers of military control from governments (and their affiliates) to non-state agents and vice versa Recording political violence by unnamed agents, as violent groups may remain unnamed for strategic reasons Recording violent acts between and across non-state groups, including political and communal militias Tracking rebel, militia and government activity over time and space Data contain specific information on the date, location, group names, interaction type, event type, reported fatalities and contextual notes.ĪCLED concentrates on the following events: ACLED focuses on tracking a range of violent and non-violent actions by political agents, including governments, rebels, militias, communal groups, political parties, external actors, rioters, protesters and civilians. The ACLED project codes reported information on the type, agents, exact location, date, and other characteristics of political violence events, demonstrations and select politically relevant non-violent events.
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