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ACLED
Political violence and protest event data for public-interest research
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ACLED
Political violence and protest event data for public-interest research
Best for: Structured conflict, protest, political-violence, crisis, actor, and event-context research for journalism, civil society, and regional analysis.
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Editorial verdict
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Structured conflict, protest, political-violence, crisis, actor, and event-context research for journalism, civil society, and regional analysis.
Strong OSINT4 Good and newsroom dataset source when paired with methodology review and local corroboration.
Best for structured conflict, protest, and political-violence event context in public-interest research.
Operational snapshot
Workflow, access, and coverage
Analyzing source-coded political violence and protest events
Geographic Area, Date Range, Actor, Event Type
Coded Event, Source Reference, Precision Code
Event Research
Records are revised as reporting changes. Time and geographic precision vary; a map point is not always an exact event site. Reported fatalities are estimates, and zero can mean unreported deaths. This is not a complete casualty census.
Read methodology first, filter by geography and dates, inspect event and source context, compare with local reports and other datasets, then describe uncertainty clearly.
Local reporting may use non-English names, place spellings, and actor labels; cross-check transliterations and local terminology.
Limits
Strengths, caveats, and risk
Gives structured event data and regional context that can turn scattered reports into researchable patterns.
Dataset definitions, sourcing, and update timing require careful reading before incident-level claims.
Does not prove legal responsibility, exact casualty truth, motive, attribution, or full ground truth for every event.
Misreading coded events or actor labels can distort conflict narratives and create safety or reputational harm.
Use care when publishing conflict allegations, casualty claims, or actor responsibility; seek expert or legal review for sensitive reporting.
Cite dataset version, methodology, geography, event date, and source context; avoid treating coded events as courtroom-level proof.
Maintenance
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Source checked: 2026-05-26
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