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Ethiopia: events and estimated deaths in April 2026

Monthly reportDataset: UCDP Candidate Events, preliminaryData through

UCDP recorded 70 eventsP of organized violence in Ethiopia in April 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 257P. The low estimate is 241 and the high estimate is 1,642P. UCDP counts 26P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for March 2026 was 93 eventsP.

The count for April 2025 was 197 events. The change from April 2025 to April 2026 is down 64 percentP. Among the 26 months with a report for Ethiopia, April 2026 has the 20th highest count of events. Ethiopia holds 4 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in all countries with a page in April 2026. In April 2025, the share was 9 percent.

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 26.0.9, 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. Ethiopia, April 2026: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsPEstimated deathsP
Amhara state51188
Benishangul-Gumuz state443
Oromiya state1322
Tigray state24

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

Figure 1. Events in Ethiopia, April 2026. The map shows 70 events with 257 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 Ethiopia has each event.

Table 2. Ethiopia, April 2026: events with 10 or more estimated deaths (6 of 70 events), in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
2 Apr 2026South Gondar zone, Amhara stateGovernment of Ethiopia; FanoState-based151515
4 Apr 2026South Gondar zone, Amhara stateGovernment of Ethiopia; FanoState-based363636
4 Apr 2026Wag Hamra zone, Amhara stateGovernment of Ethiopia; FanoState-based151528
4 Apr 2026North Gojjam zone, Amhara stateGovernment of Ethiopia; FanoState-based333333
22 Apr 2026Metekel zone, Benishangul-Gumuz stateGovernment of Ethiopia; OLAState-based242424
29 Apr 2026Asosa zone, Benishangul-Gumuz stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based101010

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 3. Ethiopia: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of April 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Agew Shengo1P3P
Fano51P191P
Government of Ethiopia66P246P
Government of Sudan2P10P
OLA5P34P
SFA2P10P
TPF1P0P
TPLF2P4P

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 4. Ethiopia: events by type of violence, April 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict59P84%
Non-state conflict1P1%
One-sided violence against civilians10P14%

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 5. Monthly reports of Ethiopia, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 2026119P609PCandidate Events
August 202671P353PCandidate Events
July 202659P242PCandidate Events
June 202669P350PCandidate Events
May 202657P211PCandidate Events
April 202670P257PCandidate Events
March 202693P640PCandidate Events
February 202682P533PCandidate Events
January 202691P300PCandidate Events
December 202582361GED
November 202568865GED
October 202586557GED
September 202561706GED
August 202583308GED
July 202580245GED
June 2025112323GED
May 202591266GED
April 2025197631GED
March 2025153631GED
February 202596153GED
January 2025172412GED
December 2024129183GED
November 2024102289GED
October 2024118479GED
September 2024125311GED
August 202429231GED

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 20 or more events. The other reports stay online and ask search engines not to list them.

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ConflictStats. Ethiopia: events and estimated deaths in April 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/ethiopia/month/2026-04/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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