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

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

UCDP recorded 1 eventP of organized violence in Sourou region, Burkina Faso in September 2026. The best estimate of deaths in this event is 2P. The low estimate is 2 and the high estimate is 5P. The count for August 2026 was 7 eventsP.

In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, UCDP recorded 72 eventsP in Sourou region, Burkina Faso. The best estimate of deaths in the events of the 12 months is 276P. The low estimate is 276 and the high estimate is 357P. UCDP counts 29P of these deaths as deaths of civilians.

Among the 13 regions of Burkina Faso with a page, Sourou region has the 3rd highest count of events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. Sourou region holds 12 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 15 events in Sourou region. The count for the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026 is 72P, which is up 380 percent. Over the same periods, the count for Burkina Faso as a whole went from 557 to 612P, which is up 10 percent. For the events in Sourou region, the three types of violence have shares within 5 points of the shares for Burkina Faso.

Table 1. Sourou region, Burkina Faso: events and estimated deaths that UCDP records
FigureSeptember 2026PAugust 2026P12 months to 30 Sep 2026P
Events1772
Estimated deaths, best estimate227276
Low estimate of deaths227276
High estimate of deaths528357
Deaths of civilians0029

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.

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  • UCDP recorded 1 event in Sourou region, Burkina Faso, in September 2026 (preliminary). The count for August 2026 was 7 (preliminary).

All changes recorded on 28 Oct 2026

24 months

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Figure 1. Events in Sourou 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 Sourou region, 1 Oct 2025 to 30 Sep 2026. The map shows 72 events with 276 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. Sourou 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 Faso66P260P
JNIM72P276P

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

Table 3. Second-level areas of Sourou region in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Area, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths
Kossin province19P55P
Nayala province4P8P
Sourou province47P208P

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

Type of violence

Table 4. Sourou region: events by type of violence, the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict66P92%
Non-state conflict00%
One-sided violence against civilians6P8%

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 Sourou region, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 20261P2PCandidate Events
August 20267P27PCandidate Events
July 20264P52PCandidate Events
June 20268P22PCandidate Events
May 20261P5PCandidate Events
April 202610P11PCandidate Events
March 20268P8PCandidate Events
February 20268P44PCandidate Events
January 202610P31PCandidate Events
December 2025921GED
November 202513GED
October 2025550GED
September 2025748GED
August 202511GED
July 2025739GED

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 Sourou region, Burkina Faso in September 2026?

UCDP recorded 1 eventP of organized violence in Sourou region, Burkina Faso in September 2026. The count for August 2026 was 7 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 Sourou region, Burkina Faso in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, the best estimate is 276P. The low estimate is 276 and the high estimate is 357P.

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.