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Djôrô region, Burkina Faso: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP

Data through Name of the region as UCDP writes it: Djôrô region

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 7.

UCDP recorded 1 eventP of organized violence in Djôrô region, Burkina Faso in September 2026. The best estimate of deaths in this event is 7P. The count for August 2026 was 1 eventP.

In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, UCDP recorded 7 eventsP in Djôrô region, Burkina Faso. The best estimate of deaths in the events of the 12 months is 11P. The low estimate is 11 and the high estimate is 38P. UCDP counts 1P of these deaths as deaths of civilians.

Among the 13 regions of Burkina Faso with a page, Djôrô region has the 11th highest count of events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. Djôrô region holds 1 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in Burkina Faso in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2025, UCDP recorded 3 events in Djôrô region. The count for the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026 is 7P, which is up 133 percent. Over the same periods, the count for Burkina Faso as a whole went from 557 to 612P, which is up 10 percent.

Table 1. Djôrô region, Burkina Faso: events and estimated deaths that UCDP records
FigureSeptember 2026PAugust 2026P12 months to 30 Sep 2026P
Events117
Estimated deaths, best estimate7111
Low estimate of deaths7111
High estimate of deaths7138
Deaths of civilians011

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 Djôrô region, Burkina Faso on record. ConflictStats read the UCDP files on . The data cover events through . Changes in the data

24 months

02.55Jan 2025Jan 2026GEDCandidate
Figure 1. Events in Djôrô region 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 Djôrô region, 1 Oct 2025 to 30 Sep 2026. The map shows 7 events with 11 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. Djôrô region: 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 Burkina Faso7P11P
JNIM7P11P

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 Djôrô region that UCDP names in the events. The table has 10 areas at most.

Table 3. Second-level areas of Djôrô region in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Area, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths
Poni province6P11P

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

Type of violence

Table 4. Djôrô region: events by type of violence, the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict7P100%
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 Djôrô region, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 20261P7PCandidate Events
August 20261P1PCandidate Events
July 20264P1PCandidate Events
January 20260P0PCandidate Events
October 202512GED
August 202512GED
July 202525GED

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.

Official channels

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ConflictStats. Djôrô region, Burkina Faso: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP. https://conflictstats.com/country/burkina-faso/djoro-region/. 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 Djôrô region, Burkina Faso in September 2026?

UCDP recorded 1 eventP of organized violence in Djôrô region, Burkina Faso in September 2026. The count for August 2026 was 1 eventP.

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 Djôrô region, Burkina Faso in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, the best estimate is 11P. The low estimate is 11 and the high estimate is 38P.

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.