Bulletin 2026-09UCDP data through GED 26.1, Candidate Events 26.0.9Changes in the data

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Benin: events and estimated deaths in September 2024

Monthly reportDataset: UCDP GEDData through

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UCDP recorded 3 events of organized violence in Benin in September 2024. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 6. The low estimate is 4 and the high estimate is 6. UCDP counts 0 of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for August 2024 was 1 event.

Among the 19 months with a report for Benin, September 2024 has the 6th highest count of events. Benin holds 0 percent of the events that UCDP recorded in all countries with a page in September 2024.

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.

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Regions

The table has 10 regions at most.

Table 1. Benin, September 2024: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsEstimated deaths
Alibori department36
Figure 1. Events in Benin, September 2024. The map shows 3 events with 6 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.

Events

The table lists each event of the month. The CSV file of Benin has each event.

Table 2. Benin, September 2024: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsLowHigh
15 Sep 2024Karimama commune, Alibori departmentGovernment of Benin; JNIMState-based222
16 Sep 2024Karimama commune, Alibori departmentGovernment of Benin; JNIMState-based202
19 Sep 2024Malanville commune, Alibori departmentGovernment of Benin; JNIMState-based222

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 3. Benin: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of September 2024, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Benin36
JNIM36

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.

Type of violence

Table 4. Benin: events by type of violence, September 2024
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict3100%
Non-state conflict00%
One-sided violence against civilians00%

The glossary has the UCDP definition of each type.

All months

Table 5. Monthly reports of Benin, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 20261P0PCandidate Events
July 20261P6PCandidate Events
May 20261P0PCandidate Events
March 20262P20PCandidate Events
February 20263P2PCandidate Events
January 20261P0PCandidate Events
October 2025414GED
September 202543GED
August 202510GED
July 202513GED
June 20251330GED
April 2025267GED
February 202549GED
January 2025234GED
December 2024515GED
November 202411GED
October 202412GED
September 202436GED
August 202412GED

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 20 or more events. The other reports stay online and ask search engines not to list them.

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ConflictStats. Benin: events and estimated deaths in September 2024. https://conflictstats.com/country/benin/month/2024-09/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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