Colombia Conflict Events: Weekly Aggregates of Political Violence

Weekly counts of political violence, civilian-targeting, and demonstration events in Colombia are aggregated here by month and year. Produced by the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED), the data tracks conflict metrics through March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing temporal trends in civilian-targeting incidents to identify periods of increased regional risk
• Correlating demonstration events counts with national policy changes or socio-economic shifts
• Comparing political violence totals across different years to evaluate long-term security trends

Strengths

• Weekly update frequency provides high temporal resolution for monitoring conflict dynamics
• Categorizes events into specific types including political violence and civilian-targeting
• Sourced from ACLED, a primary authority in global conflict event monitoring

Limitations

• Aggregated format prevents analysis of specific incident locations or exact dates
• Full event-level data requires external registration and API access

Provenance

Source

Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED)

Time Range

Ending March 2026

Freshness

Weekly updates; current through March 2026.

Geography

Colombia