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Alibori department, Benin: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP

Data through Name of the region as UCDP writes it: Alibori departmentPopulation about 867,463 (Wikidata)

Search engines are asked not to list this page. They list a region page at 30 or more events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. This page has 5.

UCDP recorded 1 eventP of organized violence in Alibori department, Benin in September 2026. The best estimate of deaths in this event is 0P. The low estimate is 0 and the high estimate is 1P. UCDP recorded no eventsP in August 2026.

In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, UCDP recorded 5 eventsP in Alibori department, Benin. The best estimate of deaths in the events of the 12 months is 22P. The low estimate is 22 and the high estimate is 32P. UCDP counts 0P of these deaths as deaths of civilians.

Among the 2 regions of Benin with a page, Alibori department has the highest count of events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. Alibori department holds 38 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in Benin in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2025, UCDP recorded 23 events in Alibori department. The count for the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026 is 5P, which is down 78 percent. Over the same periods, the count for Benin as a whole went from 34 to 13P, which is down 62 percent.

Table 1. Alibori department, Benin: events and estimated deaths that UCDP records
FigureSeptember 2026PAugust 2026P12 months to 30 Sep 2026P
Events105
Estimated deaths, best estimate0022
Low estimate of deaths0022
High estimate of deaths1032
Deaths of civilians000

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Not all events in UCDP Candidate will make it into the final UCDP GED and new events will be added. The UCDP Candidate is a dataset containing events that have a high probability of being included in the final annual version of UCDP GED.

An incident where armed force was used by an organized actor against another organized actor, or against civilians, resulting in at least 1 direct death at a specific location and a specific date

UCDP's words. Source: UCDP Candidate Events Dataset Codebook, version 1.5 (Introduction) and UCDP GED Codebook, version 26.1 (section 2, the definition of an event), copied on .

This page rests on UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9, with data through . The figures from January 2026 are from Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them.

The pages give counts and their sources. They give no travel, security or safety advice. A count of events is not a measure of danger.

Since the last update

The log has no change for Alibori department, Benin on record. ConflictStats read the UCDP files on . The data cover events through . Changes in the data

24 months

0510Jan 2025Jan 2026GEDCandidate
Figure 1. Events in Alibori department by month. A hollow column is a preliminary month. The line marks the change of dataset: GED to the left, Candidate Events from Jan 2026 to the right. The two datasets are not made in the same way, so a step at the line is not only a change in the events. The figures are in Table 5.
Figure 2. Events in Alibori department, 1 Oct 2025 to 30 Sep 2026. The map shows 5 events with 22 estimated deaths. One dot is one event at the place that UCDP gives. When a source names no exact place, UCDP puts the event at the centre of a region or of the country. The area of a dot follows the best estimate of deaths. The largest dot is for 330 deaths or more.1 death10 deaths100 deathsOutlines: Natural Earth, with the first-level areas of the UCDP data. An outline shows where the events are. It is not a statement about a border.

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Alibori department: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Benin5P22P
JNIM5P22P

An event has two sides, so one event can be in two rows. The deaths are the deaths in the events of a side. The table does not say which side caused a death.

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Second-level areas

The areas in Alibori department that UCDP names in the events. The table has 10 areas at most.

Table 3. Second-level areas of Alibori department in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Area, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths
Karimama commune2P19P
Malanville commune1P0P
Segbana commune2P3P

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Type of violence

Table 4. Alibori department: events by type of violence, the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict5P100%
Non-state conflict00%
One-sided violence against civilians00%

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

The glossary has the UCDP definition of each type.

Monthly reports

One report for each month with events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 30 or more events.

Table 5. Monthly reports of Alibori department, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 20261P0PCandidate Events
March 20261P19PCandidate Events
February 20261P0PCandidate Events
January 20261P0PCandidate Events
October 202513GED
September 202520GED
August 202510GED
June 2025924GED
April 2025267GED
February 202537GED
January 2025134GED
December 2024310GED
November 202411GED
October 202412GED
September 202436GED

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 30 or more events. The other reports stay online and ask search engines not to list them.

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ConflictStats. Alibori department, Benin: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP. https://conflictstats.com/country/benin/alibori-department/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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Questions

How many events did UCDP record in Alibori department, Benin in September 2026?

UCDP recorded 1 eventP of organized violence in Alibori department, Benin in September 2026. UCDP recorded no eventsP in August 2026.

How does UCDP count deaths?

UCDP gives a best estimate, a low estimate and a high estimate for each event. This page uses the best estimate. For Alibori department, Benin in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, the best estimate is 22P. The low estimate is 22 and the high estimate is 32P.

Are the figures of the latest months final?

No. The figures from January 2026 are from UCDP Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them. UCDP releases the reviewed dataset, the GED, one time each year.