Bulletin 2026-08UCDP data through GED 26.1, Candidate Events 26.0.8Changes in the data

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Yaadga region, Burkina Faso: events and estimated deaths in August 2026

Monthly report of a regionDataset: UCDP Candidate Events, preliminaryData through

UCDP recorded 10 eventsP of organized violence in Yaadga region, Burkina Faso in August 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 11P. The low estimate is 9 and the high estimate is 28P. UCDP counts 0P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for July 2026 was 8 eventsP.

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

The report of the country for this month: Burkina Faso, August 2026.

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 26.0.8, 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.

Events

The table lists each event of the month. The CSV file of Burkina Faso has each event.

Table 1. Yaadga region, August 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
6 Aug 2026Loroum province, Yaadga regionGovernment of Burkina Faso; JNIMState-based001
15 Aug 2026Loroum province, Yaadga regionGovernment of Burkina Faso; JNIMState-based003
17 Aug 2026Yaadga regionGovernment of Burkina Faso; JNIMState-based111
19 Aug 2026Yatenga province, Yaadga regionGovernment of Burkina Faso; JNIMState-based229
19 Aug 2026Yatenga province, Yaadga regionGovernment of Burkina Faso; JNIMState-based313
20 Aug 2026Loroum province, Yaadga regionGovernment of Burkina Faso; JNIMState-based333
23 Aug 2026Yatenga province, Yaadga regionGovernment of Burkina Faso; JNIMState-based002
26 Aug 2026Yatenga province, Yaadga regionGovernment of Burkina Faso; JNIMState-based003
28 Aug 2026Loroum province, Yaadga regionGovernment of Burkina Faso; JNIMState-based222
31 Aug 2026Yatenga province, Yaadga regionGovernment of Burkina Faso; JNIMState-based001

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 2. Yaadga region: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of August 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Burkina Faso10P11P
JNIM10P11P

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.

All months

Table 3. Monthly reports of Yaadga region, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
August 202610P11PCandidate Events
July 20268P33PCandidate Events
June 20266P8PCandidate Events
May 202613P33PCandidate Events
April 202614P22PCandidate Events
March 202612P9PCandidate Events
February 202610P147PCandidate Events
January 202617P31PCandidate Events
December 202575GED
November 2025924GED
October 2025425GED
September 2025459GED
August 2025666GED
July 2025621GED

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

Yaadga region: all figures

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ConflictStats. Yaadga region, Burkina Faso: events and estimated deaths in August 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/burkina-faso/yaadga-region/month/2026-08/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.8. Data through .

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