Samoa Conflict Events: Weekly Aggregated Political Violence and Demonstrations

Weekly counts of political violence, civilian-targeting, and demonstration events in Samoa are provided by the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED). The data is aggregated by country-year and country-month to track conflict trends over time.

Use Cases

• Analyzing temporal trends in 'political violence' counts to identify instability cycles
• Correlating 'civilian-targeting' event totals with regional humanitarian needs
• Monitoring 'demonstration' event frequency to track civil unrest patterns

Strengths

• Weekly update frequency provides near real-time monitoring
• Categorization into three distinct event types: political violence, civilian targeting, and demonstrations
• Aggregated by country-year and country-month for longitudinal trend analysis

Limitations

• Aggregated format lacks granular event-level details such as specific coordinates or actor names
• Requires external registration on the ACLED website to access the underlying disaggregated data

Provenance

Source

Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED)

Collection Method

Aggregated from ACLED's primary conflict event monitoring

Freshness

Updated weekly as of March 2026.

Geography

Samoa