Bulletin 2026-08UCDP data through GED 26.1, Candidate Events 26.0.8Changes in the data

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

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

UCDP recorded 9 eventsP of organized violence in Kuilsé region, Burkina Faso in August 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 17P. The low estimate is 17 and the high estimate is 32P. UCDP counts 2P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for July 2026 was 12 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. Kuilsé region, August 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
3 Aug 2026Namentenga province, Kuilsé regionGovernment of Burkina Faso; JNIMState-based333
7 Aug 2026Namentenga province, Kuilsé regionGovernment of Burkina Faso; JNIMState-based336
18 Aug 2026Sandbondtenga province, Kuilsé regionGovernment of Burkina Faso; JNIMState-based001
19 Aug 2026Bam province, Kuilsé regionGovernment of Burkina Faso; JNIMState-based229
23 Aug 2026Bam province, Kuilsé regionGovernment of Burkina Faso; JNIMState-based444
23 Aug 2026Bam province, Kuilsé regionGovernment of Burkina Faso; JNIMState-based001
23 Aug 2026Bam province, Kuilsé regionGovernment of Burkina Faso; JNIMState-based003
24 Aug 2026Bam province, Kuilsé regionGovernment of Burkina Faso; JNIMState-based111
26 Aug 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 August 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Burkina Faso9P17P
JNIM9P17P

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
August 20269P17PCandidate Events
July 202612P8PCandidate Events
June 20268P22PCandidate Events
May 202611P13PCandidate Events
April 202610P35PCandidate Events
March 202613P29PCandidate Events
February 20263P35PCandidate Events
January 20266P6PCandidate 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.

Kuilsé region: all figures

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ConflictStats. Kuilsé region, Burkina Faso: events and estimated deaths in August 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/burkina-faso/kuilse-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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