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

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

UCDP recorded 7 eventsP of organized violence in Far North region, Cameroon in August 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 17P. UCDP counts 14P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for July 2026 was 14 eventsP.

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

The report of the country for this month: Cameroon, 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 Cameroon has each event.

Table 1. Far North region, August 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
1 Aug 2026Mayo-Tsanaga department, Far North regionGovernment of Cameroon; JASState-based111
5 Aug 2026Mayo-Sava department, Far North regionJAS; CiviliansOne-sided111
7 Aug 2026Mayo-Sava department, Far North regionIS; CiviliansOne-sided888
13 Aug 2026Mayo-Sava department, Far North regionGovernment of Cameroon; JASState-based111
23 Aug 2026Mayo-Sava department, Far North regionJAS; CiviliansOne-sided333
24 Aug 2026Mayo-Tsanaga department, Far North regionJAS; CiviliansOne-sided222
25 Aug 2026Mayo-Tsanaga department, Far North regionGovernment of Cameroon; JASState-based111

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 August 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Cameroon3P3P
IS1P8P
JAS6P9P

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
August 20267P17PCandidate Events
July 202614P51PCandidate Events
June 202616P31PCandidate Events
May 20267P14PCandidate 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. A report of a month more than 24 months before the data end stays online. Search engines are asked not to list it.

Far North region: all figures

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