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Kuilsé region, Burkina Faso: events and estimated deaths in May 2026

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

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UCDP recorded 5 eventsP of organized violence in Kuilsé region, Burkina Faso in May 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 12P. The low estimate is 12 and the high estimate is 14P. UCDP counts 0P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for April 2026 was 6 eventsP.

UCDP recorded no events in May 2025. Among the 15 months with a report for Kuilsé region, Burkina Faso, May 2026 has the 11th highest count of events. Kuilsé region, Burkina Faso holds 9 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in Burkina Faso in May 2026. In May 2025, the share was 0 percent.

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

The report of the country for this month: Burkina Faso, May 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 26.0.9, with data through . The figures from January 2026 are from Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them.

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Events

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

Table 1. Kuilsé region, May 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
3 May 2026Sandbondtenga province, Kuilsé regionGovernment of Burkina Faso; JNIMState-based333
6 May 2026Sandbondtenga province, Kuilsé regionGovernment of Burkina Faso; JNIMState-based002
6 May 2026Namentenga province, Kuilsé regionGovernment of Burkina Faso; JNIMState-based111
19 May 2026Sandbondtenga province, Kuilsé regionGovernment of Burkina Faso; JNIMState-based444
26 May 2026Namentenga province, Kuilsé 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. Kuilsé region: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of May 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Burkina Faso5P12P
JNIM5P12P

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 Kuilsé region, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 20267P0PCandidate Events
August 20269P17PCandidate Events
July 20268P10PCandidate Events
June 20266P26PCandidate Events
May 20265P12PCandidate Events
April 20266P35PCandidate Events
March 20269P30PCandidate Events
February 20263P35PCandidate Events
January 20264P6PCandidate Events
December 2025616GED
November 2025856GED
October 20251334GED
September 202536GED
August 202549GED
July 202510100GED

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.

Kuilsé region: all figures

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ConflictStats. Kuilsé region, Burkina Faso: events and estimated deaths in May 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/burkina-faso/kuilse-region/month/2026-05/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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