Armed Conflict Location & Event Data (ACLED)Project makes available political violence & protest data for developing countries (from 1997 to present for Africa, more recent for Asia & Middle East). Main categories: Violence against civilians ; Battles ; Remote violence ; Riots & protests ; Strategic developments.
Most recent development is ACLED CAST, which aims to forecast conflict developments up to 6 months ahead
Also, near real-time data on the Ukraine conflict -
https://acleddata.com/ukraine-conflict-monitor/
In 2024 data on Conflict Exposure was added, to estimate the civilian impact by proximity to an event, event type, type of violent actor or specific armed group, location, and time - https://acleddata.com/conflict-exposure/.
In 2023 ACLED began collecting data for its periodic Conflict Index - https://acleddata.com/conflict-index - based on 4 indicators: deadliness, danger to civilians, geographic diffusion, and the number of armed groups