Manipulate ACLED Data

Tools working with data from ACLED (Armed Conflict Location and Event Data). Functions include simplified access to ACLED's API (< https://apidocs.acleddata.com/>), methods for keeping local versions of ACLED data up-to-date, and functions for common ACLED data transformations.

acledR | ACLED’s official R package

acledR is the official R package from the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED), providing tools for extracting and manipulating ACLED data. The acledR site hosts more information on how to use the package, including a general overview on the Get Started page.

To access ACLED data, please register an account at myACLED. You can find detailed instructions about the ACLED API here.

Installation

# Install via cran
install.packages("acledR")

# Install development version from github
devtools::install_github("dtacled/acledR")