ACLED conflict events for Nigeria in 2011 used as example for a SpatialPointsDataFrame available from http://www.acleddata.com/data. The dataset contains timestamped and geo-coded information on individual conflict events.
data(geomerge)A SpatialPointsDataFrame containing observations.
Karsten Donnay and Andrew M. Linke
The original ACLED "EVENT_DATE" column has been relabeled as "timestamp" in accordance with geomerge conventions.
Andrew M. Linke, Karsten Donnay. (2017). "Scale Variability Misclassification: The Impact of Spatial Resolution on Effect Estimates in the Geographic Analysis of Foreign Aid and Conflict." Paper presented at the International Studies Association Annual Meeting, February 22-25 2017, Baltimore.