Lesotho Conflict Events: Weekly Aggregated Political Violence and Unrest

The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) provides weekly aggregated counts of political violence, civilian-targeting, and demonstration events in Lesotho. The data is organized into country-year and country-month summaries to track conflict trends over time. This XLSX dataset serves as a high-level monitoring tool for civil unrest and political stability.

Use Cases

• Analyzing temporal trends in political violence counts to identify periods of instability
• Comparing civilian-targeting events against demonstration frequencies
• Forecasting conflict levels using country-month aggregated totals

Strengths

• Weekly update frequency
• Categorized by specific event types like civilian-targeting
• Sourced from ACLED specialized monitoring

Limitations

• Aggregated format prevents spatial analysis below the country level
• Requires external registration for granular event-level data

Provenance

Source

Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED)

Collection Method

Aggregated from primary conflict monitoring reports

Freshness

Updated weekly as of March 2026.

Geography

Lesotho