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Burkina Faso: events and estimated deaths in May 2026

Monthly reportDataset: UCDP Candidate Events, preliminaryData through

UCDP recorded 53 eventsP of organized violence in Burkina Faso in May 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 133P. The low estimate is 133 and the high estimate is 261P. UCDP counts 2P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for April 2026 was 71 eventsP.

The count for May 2025 was 76 events. The change from May 2025 to May 2026 is down 30 percentP. Among the 26 months with a report for Burkina Faso, May 2026 has the 11th highest count of events. Burkina Faso holds 3 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in all countries with a page in May 2026. In May 2025, the share was 3 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, May 2026: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsPEstimated deathsP
Bankui region23
Goulmou region512
Kuilsé region512
Liptako region60
Nakambé region713
Sirba region511
Soum region537
Sourou region15
Tannounyan region14
Yaadga region1333

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

Figure 1. Events in Burkina Faso, May 2026. The map shows 53 events with 133 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, May 2026: events with 10 or more estimated deaths (2 of 53 events), in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
22 May 2026Loroum province, Yaadga regionGovernment of Burkina Faso; JNIMState-based121212
26 May 2026Karo-Peli province, Soum regionIS; JNIMNon-state303030

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 May 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Benin1P7P
Government of Burkina Faso44P94P
IS7P30P
JNIM52P133P

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, May 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict45P85%
Non-state conflict6P11%
One-sided violence against civilians2P4%

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 May 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/burkina-faso/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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