Central African Republic Conflict Events: Weekly Aggregated Violence Data

The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) provides this weekly updated dataset tracking political violence, civilian-targeting, and demonstration events in the Central African Republic. The data is presented as aggregated summaries organized by country-year and country-month intervals. It serves as a longitudinal record of conflict intensity and civil unrest within the region through March 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling temporal trends in political violence using monthly aggregation counts
• Assessing annual changes in civilian-targeting events for humanitarian risk assessment
• Monitoring the frequency of demonstration events to identify periods of heightened civil unrest

Strengths

• Weekly update frequency
• Categorized by specific event types including political violence and civilian-targeting
• Standardized aggregation by country-year and country-month for trend analysis

Limitations

• Aggregated format hides granular spatial and actor data
• Full event-level access requires external registration and API usage via ACLED

Provenance

Source

Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED)

Collection Method

Aggregated from primary conflict event monitoring and reporting

Time Range

Up to March 2026

Freshness

Weekly updates provided through March 2026.

Geography

Central African Republic