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Goulmou region, Burkina Faso: events and estimated deaths in August 2026

Monthly report of a regionDataset: UCDP Candidate Events, preliminaryData through

UCDP recorded 1 eventP of organized violence in Goulmou region, Burkina Faso in August 2026. The best estimate of deaths in this event is 4P. UCDP counts 0P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for July 2026 was 6 eventsP.

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

The report of the country for this month: Burkina Faso, August 2026.

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 26.0.8, 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.

Events

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

Table 1. Goulmou region, August 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
18 Aug 2026Gourma province, Goulmou regionGovernment of Burkina Faso; JNIMState-based444

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

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Goulmou region: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of August 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Burkina Faso1P4P
JNIM1P4P

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.

All months

Table 3. Monthly reports of Goulmou region, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
August 20261P4PCandidate Events
July 20266P1PCandidate Events
June 20261P0PCandidate Events
May 20265P12PCandidate Events
April 202610P30PCandidate Events
March 20268P45PCandidate Events
February 20266P66PCandidate Events
January 20266P30PCandidate Events
December 2025617GED
November 2025921GED
October 2025323GED
September 202539GED
August 20251329GED
July 20251086GED

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

Goulmou region: all figures

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ConflictStats. Goulmou region, Burkina Faso: events and estimated deaths in August 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/burkina-faso/goulmou-region/month/2026-08/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.8. Data through .

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