Random Forest model that predicted Tigray War, Sudan 2023 civil war & forecasts 2025 African conflict risk (UCDP data)
# Armed Conflict Early Warning System (Africa) 🛡️
**Random Forest model that successfully predicted:**
- Tigray War (Ethiopia 2020) → **100% probability one year early**
- Sudan Civil War (2023) → **99.9%+ probability**
- Correctly identified Ghana & South Africa as low-risk
Now live-forecasting **2025 conflict risk** using 2024 data.
## 2025 Conflict Risk Forecast (Live Model Output)
**Extreme Risk Countries for 2025 (98%+ probability):**
- Sudan · DRC · Nigeria · Somalia · South Sudan · Burkina Faso · Mali
**Low Risk (under 5%):**
- Ghana · South Africa · Rwanda · Kenya · Algeria
## Key Results
| Country | Year Predicted | Model Risk | Actual Outcome |
|---------------|----------------|------------|-----------------------------------|
| Ethiopia | 2020 | 100.0% | Tigray War began Nov 2020 |
| Sudan | 2023 | 99.9% | Civil War erupted April 2023 |
| Ghana | 2023 | 1.8% | Remained peaceful |
| Mali | 2021 | 99.5% | Jihadist surge + coup aftermath |
## Tech Stack
- Python · scikit-learn · Random Forest · SMOTE · Folium · Geopandas
- Data: UCDP Georeferenced Event Dataset (GED) v25.1
- Deployed as interactive Google Colab notebook
## Run It Yourself
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One click → full dataset download → model training → 2025 predictions