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

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Tigray state, Ethiopia: events and estimated deaths in August 2026

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UCDP recorded 12 eventsP of organized violence in Tigray state, Ethiopia in August 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 50P. The low estimate is 50 and the high estimate is 237P. UCDP counts 5P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. UCDP recorded no eventsP in July 2026.

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

Table 1. Tigray state, August 2026: events with 10 or more estimated deaths (1 of 12 events), in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
1 Aug 2026Western zone, Tigray stateGovernment of Ethiopia; TPLFState-based3939215

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. Tigray state: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of August 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Fano1P4P
Government of Ethiopia11P50P
Government of Sudan1P0P
TPLF10P46P

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 Tigray state, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
August 202612P50PCandidate Events
June 20266P9PCandidate Events
April 20262P4PCandidate Events
March 20262P5PCandidate Events
February 20264P0PCandidate Events
January 202627P21PCandidate Events
December 202512GED
October 202511GED
September 202521GED
August 202510GED
March 202516GED
January 202510GED
October 202411GED
August 202412GED

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.

Tigray state: all figures

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ConflictStats. Tigray state, Ethiopia: events and estimated deaths in August 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/ethiopia/tigray-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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