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Benishangul-Gumuz state, Ethiopia: 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 Benishangul-Gumuz state, Ethiopia in August 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 14P. The low estimate is 14 and the high estimate is 16P. UCDP counts 12P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for July 2026 was 1 eventP.

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

The report of the country for this month: Ethiopia, 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.

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Events

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

Table 1. Benishangul-Gumuz state, August 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
11 Aug 2026Metekel zone, Benishangul-Gumuz stateGovernment of Ethiopia; FanoState-based667
11 Aug 2026Metekel zone, Benishangul-Gumuz stateGovernment of Ethiopia; GFNFState-based667
24 Aug 2026Kamashi zone, Benishangul-Gumuz stateActor not identified by UCDP; CiviliansOne-sided222

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

Names are as UCDP writes them, with two labels that the site writes. UCDP does not identify some actors: the site writes "Actor not identified by UCDP" for each of them. UCDP names some groups for a person: the site writes "Group named for a person (name not shown)" for each of them. A line with a label can hold more than one actor.

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Benishangul-Gumuz state: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of August 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Actor not identified by UCDP1P2P
Fano1P6P
GFNF1P6P
Government of Ethiopia2P12P

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. Names are as UCDP writes them, with two labels that the site writes. UCDP does not identify some actors: the site writes "Actor not identified by UCDP" for each of them. UCDP names some groups for a person: the site writes "Group named for a person (name not shown)" for each of them. A line with a label can hold more than one actor.

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

All months

Table 3. Monthly reports of Benishangul-Gumuz state, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
August 20263P14PCandidate Events
July 20261P1PCandidate Events
June 20261P2PCandidate Events
May 20262P33PCandidate Events
April 20264P43PCandidate Events
January 20262P41PCandidate Events
December 202511GED
November 2025243GED
July 202521GED
June 2025114GED
May 2025218GED
April 2025213GED
March 202511GED
January 202510GED
September 202410GED

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

Benishangul-Gumuz state: all figures

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ConflictStats. Benishangul-Gumuz state, Ethiopia: events and estimated deaths in August 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/ethiopia/benishangul-gumuz-state/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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