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Far North region, Cameroon: events and estimated deaths in May 2026

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

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UCDP recorded 8 eventsP of organized violence in Far North region, Cameroon in May 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 19P. UCDP counts 14P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for April 2026 was 7 eventsP.

The count for May 2025 was 12 events. The change from May 2025 to May 2026 is down 33 percentP. Among the 26 months with a report for Far North region, Cameroon, May 2026 has the 11th highest count of events. Far North region, Cameroon holds 42 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in Cameroon in May 2026. In May 2025, the share was 60 percent.

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

The report of the country for this month: Cameroon, May 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 26.0.9, with data through . The figures from January 2026 are from Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them.

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Events

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

Table 1. Far North region, May 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
1 May 2026Mayo-Sava department, Far North regionJAS; CiviliansOne-sided222
3 May 2026Logone-et-Chari department, Far North regionIS; CiviliansOne-sided555
7 May 2026Mayo-Sava department, Far North regionJAS; CiviliansOne-sided111
8 May 2026Mayo-Sava department, Far North regionComités locaux de vigilance; JASNon-state111
15 May 2026Mayo-Sava department, Far North regionGovernment of Cameroon; JASState-based222
15 May 2026Mayo-Sava department, Far North regionGovernment of Cameroon; JASState-based222
18 May 2026Mayo-Tsanaga department, Far North regionGovernment of Cameroon; JASState-based111
20 May 2026Mayo-Sava department, Far North regionJAS; CiviliansOne-sided555

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. Far North region: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of May 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Comités locaux de vigilance1P1P
Government of Cameroon3P5P
IS1P5P
JAS7P14P

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 Far North region, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 202610P28PCandidate Events
August 20267P17PCandidate Events
July 202614P51PCandidate Events
June 202616P31PCandidate Events
May 20268P19PCandidate Events
April 20267P23PCandidate Events
March 20268P16PCandidate Events
February 20268P22PCandidate Events
January 202612P16PCandidate Events
December 2025612GED
November 20251118GED
October 2025916GED
September 2025912GED
August 202578GED
July 20251124GED
June 20251435GED
May 20251224GED
April 2025612GED
March 202535GED
February 2025511GED
January 2025515GED
December 2024527GED
November 2024311GED
October 2024611GED
September 2024810GED
August 2024715GED

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.

Far North region: all figures

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ConflictStats. Far North region, Cameroon: events and estimated deaths in May 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/cameroon/far-north-region/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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