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Sourou region: conflict events in October 2025

Monthly report from UCDP event data for Sourou region, Burkina Faso. Country-wide report: Burkina Faso, October 2025.

5events7 the month before
50est. deaths
9civilian deaths

In October 2025, UCDP recorded 5 organized-violence events in Sourou region, Burkina Faso, with 50 estimated deaths. That is -29% compared with 7 events the month before.

80% of the month's events were state-based armed conflict. Civilian deaths: 9.

The most active pairing was Government of Burkina Faso - JNIM with 4 events.

Where events happened

2025-10-29: Government of Burkina Faso vs JNIM (32 deaths)2025-10-24: Government of Burkina Faso vs JNIM (2 deaths)2025-10-21: Government of Burkina Faso vs JNIM (2 deaths)2025-10-06: JNIM vs Civilians (9 deaths)2025-10-02: Government of Burkina Faso vs JNIM (5 deaths)
Recorded organized-violence events in Sourou region, October 2025. Circle size scales with estimated deaths.State-based Non-state One-sidedOutlines: Natural Earth.

Deadliest events, October 2025

DateWherePartiesEst. deaths
29 Oct 2025Sourou province
Sourou region		Government of Burkina Faso vs JNIM
State-based, 3 sources		32
6 Oct 2025Kossin province
Sourou region		JNIM vs Civilians
One-sided, 9 civilian, 2 sources		9
2 Oct 2025Sourou province
Sourou region		Government of Burkina Faso vs JNIM
State-based, 5 sources		5
24 Oct 2025Kossin province
Sourou region		Government of Burkina Faso vs JNIM
State-based		2
21 Oct 2025Kossin province
Sourou region		Government of Burkina Faso vs JNIM
State-based, 2 sources		2

Parties

PartyEventsEst. deaths
JNIM550
Government of Burkina Faso441

All months

Monthly reports:Jul 2026Jun 2026May 2026Apr 2026Mar 2026Feb 2026Jan 2026Dec 2025Nov 2025Oct 2025Sep 2025Aug 2025Jul 2025

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Source: UCDP GED and Candidate Events, CC BY 4.0. See methodology.