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

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

UCDP recorded 3 eventsP of organized violence in North-West region, Cameroon in August 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 8P. The low estimate is 6 and the high estimate is 8P. UCDP counts 1P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for July 2026 was 12 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. North-West region, August 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
2 Aug 2026Momo département, North-West regionGovernment of Cameroon; Ambazonia insurgentsState-based434
8 Aug 2026Ngo-Ketunjia département, North-West regionGovernment of Cameroon; Ambazonia insurgentsState-based333
28 Aug 2026Bui département, North-West regionAmbazonia insurgents; CiviliansOne-sided101

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. North-West region: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of August 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Ambazonia insurgents3P8P
Government of Cameroon2P7P

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 North-West region, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
August 20263P8PCandidate Events
July 202612P16PCandidate Events
June 202610P23PCandidate Events
May 20266P10PCandidate Events
April 20263P16PCandidate Events
March 20267P13PCandidate Events
February 20264P7PCandidate Events
January 20264P28PCandidate Events
December 20251024GED
November 2025817GED
October 202511GED
September 202565GED
August 202556GED
July 202537GED
June 2025612GED
May 2025713GED
April 2025614GED
March 2025511GED
February 2025712GED
January 202568GED
December 202457GED
November 2024411GED
October 202457GED
September 20241016GED
August 2024812GED

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.

North-West region: all figures

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