Albania Conflict Events: Weekly Aggregated Political Violence and Demonstrations

The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) provides this weekly dataset of political violence, civilian-targeting, and demonstration events in Albania. The data is structured as aggregated summaries by country-year and country-month, with the most recent update recorded in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Trend analysis of political violence frequency over time using country-month aggregates
• Comparing annual demonstration counts to identify periods of civil unrest
• Monitoring civilian-targeting incidents to assess humanitarian risk levels

Strengths

• Produced by ACLED, a leading authority on conflict data
• Weekly update frequency ensures temporal relevance
• Categorizes events into specific types like civilian-targeting and demonstrations

Limitations

• Aggregated format prevents analysis of specific incidents or precise coordinates
• Requires external registration for full event-level access
• Small geographic scope limited to Albania

Provenance

Source

Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED)

Collection Method

Aggregated from ACLED's primary event monitoring

Freshness

Weekly

Geography

Albania