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ACLED incident data shows a near-linear escalation from approximately 120 annual incidents in 2011 to over 1,690 by 2025 — a 14× increase. The inflection around 2019 corresponds to the consolidation of bandit confederacies and a dramatic surge in kidnapping-for-ransom operations.