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Ethiopia: events and estimated deaths in May 2026

Monthly reportDataset: UCDP Candidate Events, preliminaryData through

UCDP recorded 57 eventsP of organized violence in Ethiopia in May 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 211P. The low estimate is 208 and the high estimate is 1,331P. UCDP counts 68P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for April 2026 was 70 eventsP.

The count for May 2025 was 91 events. The change from May 2025 to May 2026 is down 37 percentP. Among the 26 months with a report for Ethiopia, May 2026 has the 25th highest count of events. Ethiopia holds 3 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in all countries with a page in May 2026. In May 2025, the share was 4 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, May 2026: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsPEstimated deathsP
Addis Ababa Chartered city11
Afar state12
Amhara state26114
Benishangul-Gumuz state233
Oromiya state2761

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

Figure 1. Events in Ethiopia, May 2026. The map shows 57 events with 211 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, May 2026: events with 10 or more estimated deaths (9 of 57 events), in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
5 May 2026Awi zone, Amhara stateFano; CiviliansOne-sided151515
9 May 2026South Welo zone, Amhara stateGovernment of Ethiopia; FanoState-based242424
12 May 2026Metekel zone, Benishangul-Gumuz stateGovernment of Ethiopia; GFNFState-based333338
14 May 2026South Gondar zone, Amhara stateGovernment of Ethiopia; FanoState-based313131
17 May 2026Guji zone, Oromiya stateGuji; SidamaNon-state121212
19 May 2026North Gondar zone, Amhara stateAmhara; QimantNon-state101010
21 May 2026East Welega zone, Oromiya stateGovernment of Ethiopia; FanoState-based101075
26 May 2026North Shewa zone, Oromiya stateGovernment of Ethiopia; FanoState-based101010
28 May 2026North Shewa zone, Oromiya stateActor not identified by UCDP; CiviliansOne-sided121212

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 3. Ethiopia: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of May 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Actor not identified by UCDP2P15P
ALF2P2P
Amhara1P10P
Fano27P126P
GFNF2P33P
Government of Ethiopia50P154P
Guji1P12P
OLA20P10P
Qimant1P10P
Sidama1P12P
TPLF1P2P

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.

Type of violence

Table 4. Ethiopia: events by type of violence, May 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict49P86%
Non-state conflict2P4%
One-sided violence against civilians6P11%

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 May 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/ethiopia/month/2026-05/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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