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Indonesia: conflict events in August 2025

Monthly report from UCDP event data.

8events5 the month before
10est. deathsrange 6–11
3civilian deaths

Indonesia saw 8 recorded events and 10 estimated deaths in August 2025. That is +60% compared with 5 events the month before. The death toll range is 6 to 11.

63% of the month's events were state-based armed conflict. Civilian deaths: 3.

Events were concentrated in Papua Tengah province (5), Papua Pegunungan province (2), Jakarta Raya province (1).

The most active pairing was Government of Indonesia - OPM with 5 events.

Where events happened

2025-08-28: Government of Indonesia vs Civilians (1 deaths)2025-08-18: OPM vs Civilians (1 deaths)2025-08-16: Government of Indonesia vs OPM (0 deaths)2025-08-13: Government of Indonesia vs OPM (2 deaths)2025-08-12: Government of Indonesia vs OPM (2 deaths)2025-08-11: Government of Indonesia vs OPM (1 deaths)2025-08-10: Government of Indonesia vs Civilians (1 deaths)2025-08-05: Government of Indonesia vs OPM (2 deaths)
Recorded organized-violence events in Indonesia, August 2025. Circle size scales with estimated deaths.State-based Non-state One-sidedOutlines: Natural Earth.

Regions, August 2025

RegionEventsEst. deaths
Papua Tengah province57
Papua Pegunungan province22
Jakarta Raya province11

Deadliest events, August 2025

DateWherePartiesEst. deaths
13 Aug 2025Nabire regency
Papua Tengah province		Government of Indonesia vs OPM
State-based, 2 sources		2
12 Aug 2025Intan Jaya regency
Papua Tengah province		Government of Indonesia vs OPM
State-based, 2 sources		2
1–2
5 Aug 2025Lanny Jaya regency
Papua Pegunungan province		Government of Indonesia vs OPM
State-based		2
0–2
28 Aug 2025Jakarta Raya provinceGovernment of Indonesia vs Civilians
One-sided, 1 civilian, 5 sources		1
18 Aug 2025Deiyai regency
Papua Tengah province		OPM vs Civilians
One-sided, 1 civilian, 3 sources		1
11 Aug 2025Intan Jaya regency
Papua Tengah province		Government of Indonesia vs OPM
State-based, 2 sources		1
0–1
10 Aug 2025Dogiyai regency
Papua Tengah province		Government of Indonesia vs Civilians
One-sided, 1 civilian		1
16 Aug 2025Yahukimo regency
Papua Pegunungan province		Government of Indonesia vs OPM
State-based		0
0–1

Parties

PartyEvents
Government of Indonesia7
OPM6

Type of violence

CategoryEvents
State-based5
Non-state0
One-sided3

All months

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Source: UCDP GED and Candidate Events, CC BY 4.0. Counts use the "best" fatality estimate. See methodology.