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

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

UCDP recorded 1 eventP of organized violence in Liptako region, Burkina Faso in September 2026. The best estimate of deaths in this event is 12P. The low estimate is 12 and the high estimate is 200P. The count for August 2026 was 6 eventsP.

In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, UCDP recorded 55 eventsP in Liptako region, Burkina Faso. The best estimate of deaths in the events of the 12 months is 228P. The low estimate is 213 and the high estimate is 565P. UCDP counts 64P of these deaths as deaths of civilians.

Among the 13 regions of Burkina Faso with a page, Liptako region has the 5th highest count of events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. Liptako region holds 9 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 19 events in Liptako region. The count for the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026 is 55P, which is up 189 percent. Over the same periods, the count for Burkina Faso as a whole went from 557 to 612P, which is up 10 percent. Events of state-based armed conflict are 55 percentP of the events in Liptako region in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. For Burkina Faso, the share is 89 percentP.

Table 1. Liptako region, Burkina Faso: events and estimated deaths that UCDP records
FigureSeptember 2026PAugust 2026P12 months to 30 Sep 2026P
Events1655
Estimated deaths, best estimate1263228
Low estimate of deaths1263213
High estimate of deaths20063565
Deaths of civilians04864

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.

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  • UCDP recorded 1 event in Liptako region, Burkina Faso, in September 2026 (preliminary). The count for August 2026 was 6 (preliminary).

All changes recorded on 28 Oct 2026

24 months

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Figure 1. Events in Liptako 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 Liptako region, 1 Oct 2025 to 30 Sep 2026. The map shows 55 events with 228 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. Liptako 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 Faso33P147P
IS30P116P
JNIM41P133P

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

Table 3. Second-level areas of Liptako region in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Area, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths
Oudalan province8P26P
Séno province28P163P
Yagha province13P13P

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

Type of violence

Table 4. Liptako region: events by type of violence, the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict30P55%
Non-state conflict19P35%
One-sided violence against civilians6P11%

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 Liptako region, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 20261P12PCandidate Events
August 20266P63PCandidate Events
July 20265P26PCandidate Events
June 20264P3PCandidate Events
May 20266P0PCandidate Events
April 20262P0PCandidate Events
March 20265P7PCandidate Events
February 20261P0PCandidate Events
January 20265P9PCandidate Events
December 2025742GED
November 2025959GED
October 202547GED
September 2025261GED
August 2025935GED
July 20258116GED

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.

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Questions

How many events did UCDP record in Liptako region, Burkina Faso in September 2026?

UCDP recorded 1 eventP of organized violence in Liptako region, Burkina Faso in September 2026. The count for August 2026 was 6 eventsP.

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 Liptako region, Burkina Faso in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, the best estimate is 228P. The low estimate is 213 and the high estimate is 565P.

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.