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Benin: events and estimated deaths in October 2025

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UCDP recorded 4 events of organized violence in Benin in October 2025. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 14. The low estimate is 14 and the high estimate is 15. UCDP counts 9 of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for September 2025 was 4 events.

The count for October 2024 was 1 event. The change from October 2024 to October 2025 is up 300 percent. Among the 19 months with a report for Benin, October 2025 has the 3rd highest count of events. Benin holds 0 percent of the events that UCDP recorded in all countries with a page in October 2025. In October 2024, the share was 0 percent.

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.

Regions

The table has 10 regions at most.

Table 1. Benin, October 2025: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsEstimated deaths
Alibori department13
Borgou department311
Figure 1. Events in Benin, October 2025. The map shows 4 events with 14 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, October 2025: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsLowHigh
4 Oct 2025Segbana commune, Alibori departmentGovernment of Benin; JNIMState-based333
4 Oct 2025Kalalé commune, Borgou departmentGovernment of Benin; JNIMState-based001
7 Oct 2025Kalalé commune, Borgou departmentGovernment of Benin; JNIMState-based222
17 Oct 2025Kalalé commune, Borgou departmentJNIM; CiviliansOne-sided999

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 3. Benin: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of October 2025, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Benin35
JNIM414

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, October 2025
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict375%
Non-state conflict00%
One-sided violence against civilians125%

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 October 2025. https://conflictstats.com/country/benin/month/2025-10/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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