Conflict and Protest Events

Caution: ACLED data remains subject to some limitations, and this is particularly true of fatality data. While the "hard facts" of data, such as the date, location, and actors, have been shown to be largely consistent with those of private, closed security sources, fatality data is particularly vulnerable to bias and inaccurate reporting. If there are conflicting reports of the number of fatalities, ACLED researchers will note the varying reported figures in the Notes column and use the figure cited by the most authoritative source. In the absence of a definitive authoritative source, ACLED will assign the most conservative estimate cited to the Fatalities column. Users are urged to remember that fatality figures reflect reported levels of deaths and have not been independently verified by team researchers.