UCDP GED: Georeferenced Conflict Events in Burkina Faso

UCDP's most disaggregated dataset covers individual events of organized violence, with each event geo-coded down to the village level and temporal durations disaggregated to single days. The dataset is sourced from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program and was last updated on March 3, 2026. It is licensed under CC-BY-3.0-IGO and available in CSV format.

Use Cases

• Modeling conflict intensity and spread based on georeferenced event locations.
• Analyzing temporal patterns of violence based on daily-level event data.
• Conducting spatial analysis of conflict hotspots at the village level.
• Training predictive models for conflict risk based on historical event granularity.

Strengths

• Events are geo-coded down to the level of individual villages.
• Temporal durations are disaggregated to single, individual days.
• Dataset is described as UCDP's most disaggregated dataset.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP), Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University.

Collection Method

Likely compiled from news reports, NGO dispatches, and other conflict monitoring sources.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-03 14:28:04.192059; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Burkina Faso