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Kenya: conflict events in January 2025

Monthly report from UCDP event data.

1events1 the month before
5est. deaths
0civilian deaths

In January 2025, UCDP recorded 1 organized-violence events in Kenya, with 5 estimated deaths. That is about the same as the previous month (1).

100% of the month's events were state-based armed conflict.

The most active pairing was Government of Kenya - Al-Shabaab with 1 events.

Where events happened

2025-01-12: Government of Kenya vs Al-Shabaab (5 deaths)
Recorded organized-violence events in Kenya, January 2025. Circle size scales with estimated deaths.State-based Non-state One-sidedOutlines: Natural Earth.

Regions, January 2025

RegionEventsEst. deaths
Lamu county15

Deadliest events, January 2025

DateWherePartiesEst. deaths
12 Jan 2025Lamu East constituency
Lamu county
Government of Kenya vs Al-Shabaab
State-based
5

Parties

PartyEvents
Government of Kenya1
Al-Shabaab1

Type of violence

CategoryEvents
State-based1
Non-state0
One-sided0

All months

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