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Conflict & Security Data

Global armed conflict events, terrorism incidents, and food security early warning data for humanitarian and security analysis.

Conflict Terrorism Food security Humanitarian Peacekeeping

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Conflict and security pages provide event-level data on armed conflicts, terrorism, and food security crises for humanitarian response, risk assessment, and peace research.

These point and polygon datasets support spatial analysis of conflict patterns, humanitarian access, and vulnerability mapping.

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How to choose a source

  • Use ACLED for real-time political violence and protest event data with actor, type, and fatality attributes.
  • Use the Global Terrorism Database for historical terrorism incidents (1970-2020).
  • Use FEWS NET for food security phase classification in at-risk regions.
  • Combine conflict data with population and infrastructure layers for vulnerability assessment.

Category FAQ

Category FAQ

What is the most current conflict events dataset?

ACLED (Armed Conflict Location & Event Data) provides daily-updated political violence and protest data for all countries, with event type, actors, fatalities, and location coordinates.

Is global terrorism data freely available?

Yes. The Global Terrorism Database (GTD) from the University of Maryland provides free access to over 200,000 terrorist incidents worldwide from 1970 to 2020.