How to Download Conflict Data from ACLED (Live Replay with Kingsley Amankwe)

Need high-quality, real-time data on political violence, protests, and global conflicts for your GIS projects? Look no further than ACLED. In this recorded live session from GeoKloud Consulting, we walk you through the exact process of accessing, filtering, and downloading data from the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED). We will show you how to navigate their Data Export Tool and prepare the data for spatial analysis in QGIS or ArcGIS Pro. In this comprehensive live training, you will learn: ✅ What ACLED is and how their conflict classification system works. ✅ How to navigate the ACLED Data Export Tool. ✅ How to filter data by Country, Region, Event Type, and Date Range. ✅ How to download the data (CSV/Excel) and understand the attribute table. ✅ CRITICAL STEP: How to properly bring this tabular X/Y coordinate data into your GIS software for conflict mapping. ⏱️ Video Chapters (Skip to the exact section you need!): [00:00] - Welcome & Introduction to Conflict Mapping [01:40] - What is ACLED? (Understanding the Data) [03:00] - Navigating the ACLED Website & Data Export Tool [04:30] - Filtering by Event Type, Date, and Location [06:50] - Downloading the Data (CSV Format) [07:40] - Importing ACLED CSV Data into GIS (Mapping the Coordinates) If this masterclass helped you access vital data for your research, please hit the LIKE button! 👇 Let us know in the comments: What country or region are you analyzing in your current project? #ACLED #ConflictMapping #GIS #DataAnalysis #SpatialAnalysis #PoliticalViolence #ACLEDData #QGIS #ArcGIS #GeoKloudConsulting