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

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Events and deaths in organized violence, as UCDP records them

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Cameroon: events and estimated deaths in August 2026

Monthly reportDataset: UCDP Candidate Events, preliminaryData through

UCDP recorded 14 eventsP of organized violence in Cameroon in August 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 32P. The low estimate is 28 and the high estimate is 32P. UCDP counts 18P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for July 2026 was 30 eventsP.

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 26.0.8, 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.

Regions

The table has 10 regions at most.

Table 1. Cameroon, August 2026: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsPEstimated deathsP
Far North region717
North-West region38
South-West region47

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

Figure 1. Events in Cameroon, August 2026. The map shows 14 events with 32 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.

Events

The table lists the events with 10 or more estimated deaths. The CSV file of Cameroon has each event.

No event of this month has 10 or more estimated deaths. The CSV file has each event.

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Cameroon: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of August 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Ambazonia insurgents6P13P
Government of Cameroon9P17P
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.

Type of violence

Table 3. Cameroon: events by type of violence, August 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict8P57%
Non-state conflict00%
One-sided violence against civilians6P43%

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

The glossary has the UCDP definition of each type.

All months

Table 4. Monthly reports of Cameroon, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
August 202614P32PCandidate Events
July 202630P72PCandidate Events
June 202628P56PCandidate Events
May 202618P33PCandidate Events
April 202613P47PCandidate Events
March 202617P32PCandidate Events
February 202613P31PCandidate Events
January 202617P45PCandidate Events
December 20251838GED
November 20252036GED
October 20251118GED
September 20251830GED
August 20251420GED
July 20251735GED
June 20252148GED
May 20252039GED
April 20251529GED
March 20251120GED
February 20251223GED
January 20251439GED
December 20241135GED
November 2024722GED
October 20241330GED
September 20242029GED
August 20241630GED

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.

Cameroon: all figures

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ConflictStats. Cameroon: events and estimated deaths in August 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/cameroon/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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