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Burkina Faso: events and estimated deaths in April 2026

Monthly reportDataset: UCDP Candidate Events, preliminaryData through

UCDP recorded 71 eventsP of organized violence in Burkina Faso in April 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 369P. The low estimate is 368 and the high estimate is 580P. UCDP counts 38P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for March 2026 was 63 eventsP.

The count for April 2025 was 54 events. The change from April 2025 to April 2026 is up 31 percentP. Among the 26 months with a report for Burkina Faso, April 2026 has the 3rd highest count of events. Burkina Faso holds 4 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in all countries with a page in April 2026. In April 2025, the share was 2 percent.

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.

Regions

The table has 10 regions at most.

Table 1. Burkina Faso, April 2026: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsPEstimated deathsP
Bankui region32
Goulmou region1082
Kuilsé region635
Liptako region20
Nakambé region1050
Sirba region36
Soum region8159
Sourou region1011
Tapoa region10
Yaadga region1524

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

Figure 1. Events in Burkina Faso, April 2026. The map shows 71 events with 369 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.

Events

The table lists the events with 10 or more estimated deaths. The CSV file of Burkina Faso has each event.

Table 2. Burkina Faso, April 2026: events with 10 or more estimated deaths (9 of 71 events), in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
4 Apr 2026Namentenga province, Kuilsé regionJNIM; CiviliansOne-sided242424
10 Apr 2026Djelgodji province, Soum regionGovernment of Burkina Faso; JNIMState-based101010
13 Apr 2026Soum regionGovernment of Burkina Faso; JNIMState-based100100100
14 Apr 2026Karo-Peli province, Soum regionGovernment of Burkina Faso; JNIMState-based4444120
14 Apr 2026Kouritenga province, Nakambé regionGovernment of Burkina Faso; JNIMState-based161616
22 Apr 2026Koulpélogo province, Nakambé regionGovernment of Burkina Faso; JNIMState-based252528
29 Apr 2026Passoré province, Yaadga regionGovernment of Burkina Faso; JNIMState-based121112
29 Apr 2026Gourma province, Goulmou regionGovernment of Burkina Faso; JNIMState-based212150
30 Apr 2026Gourma province, Goulmou regionGovernment of Burkina Faso; JNIMState-based505050

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 3. Burkina Faso: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of April 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Burkina Faso66P336P
IS2P0P
JNIM67P367P

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.

Type of violence

Table 4. Burkina Faso: events by type of violence, April 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict63P89%
Non-state conflict1P1%
One-sided violence against civilians7P10%

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

The glossary has the UCDP definition of each type.

All months

Table 5. Monthly reports of Burkina Faso, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 202626P36PCandidate Events
August 202647P171PCandidate Events
July 202644P185PCandidate Events
June 202634P270PCandidate Events
May 202653P133PCandidate Events
April 202671P369PCandidate Events
March 202663P175PCandidate Events
February 202647P466PCandidate Events
January 202660P222PCandidate Events
December 202565177GED
November 202554199GED
October 202548283GED
September 202532219GED
August 202548343GED
July 202566470GED
June 202539272GED
May 202576667GED
April 202554475GED
March 202572878GED
February 202554213GED
January 202549245GED
December 20241631GED
November 202425159GED
October 202426176GED
September 2024336GED
August 202417714GED

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 20 or more events. The other reports stay online and ask search engines not to list them.

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ConflictStats. Burkina Faso: events and estimated deaths in April 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/burkina-faso/month/2026-04/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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