Benin Conflict Events: Aggregated Political Violence and Demonstrations

ACLED provides this weekly updated dataset of aggregated conflict events in Benin, covering political violence, civilian targeting, and demonstrations. The data is structured into country-year and country-month summaries to track longitudinal trends in unrest. It serves as a high-level monitoring tool for security and political stability in the region as of March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing monthly trends in 'political violence' counts to identify periods of escalation
• Comparing 'civilian-targeting' frequency across different years
• Correlating 'demonstration' event spikes with national political or economic shifts

Strengths

• Weekly update frequency
• Standardized ACLED event classifications
• Aggregated for immediate longitudinal trend analysis

Limitations

• Aggregated format hides sub-national geographic variance
• Requires registration on ACLED website for full event-level data

Provenance

Source

Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED)

Collection Method

Aggregated from primary ACLED event monitoring

Time Range

Up to March 2026

Freshness

Updated weekly.

Geography

Benin