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Kenya: events and estimated deaths in July 2026

Monthly reportDataset: UCDP Candidate Events, preliminaryData through

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UCDP recorded 5 eventsP of organized violence in Kenya in July 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 16P. The low estimate is 16 and the high estimate is 42P. UCDP counts 0P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for June 2026 was 8 eventsP.

The count for July 2025 was 4 events. The change from July 2025 to July 2026 is up 25 percentP. Among the 26 months with a report for Kenya, July 2026 has the 5th highest count of events. Kenya holds 0 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in all countries with a page in July 2026. In July 2025, the share was 0 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.

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Regions

The table has 10 regions at most.

Table 1. Kenya, July 2026: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsPEstimated deathsP
Garissa county10
Mandera county416

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

Figure 1. Events in Kenya, July 2026. The map shows 5 events with 16 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 each event of the month. The CSV file of Kenya has each event.

Table 2. Kenya, July 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
12 Jul 2026Banissa constituency, Mandera countyGovernment of Kenya; Al-ShabaabState-based111111
21 Jul 2026Dadaab constituency, Garissa countyGovernment of Kenya; Al-ShabaabState-based004
24 Jul 2026Lafey constituency, Mandera countyGovernment of Kenya; Al-ShabaabState-based005
28 Jul 2026Lafey constituency, Mandera countyGovernment of Kenya; Al-ShabaabState-based007
28 Jul 2026Mandera South constituency, Mandera countyGovernment of Kenya; Al-ShabaabState-based5515

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. Kenya: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of July 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Al-Shabaab5P16P
Government of Kenya5P16P

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. Kenya: events by type of violence, July 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict5P100%
Non-state conflict00%
One-sided violence against civilians00%

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 Kenya, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 20262P3PCandidate Events
August 20262P0PCandidate Events
July 20265P16PCandidate Events
June 20268P11PCandidate Events
May 20267P18PCandidate Events
April 20263P7PCandidate Events
March 20264P7PCandidate Events
February 20262P0PCandidate Events
January 20267P4PCandidate Events
December 202540GED
November 202524GED
October 202521GED
September 202511GED
August 202527GED
July 202545GED
June 2025612GED
May 202514GED
April 2025311GED
March 202529GED
February 2025321GED
January 202515GED
December 202411GED
November 202414GED
October 2024417GED
September 2024313GED
August 202423GED

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.

Kenya: all figures

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ConflictStats. Kenya: events and estimated deaths in July 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/kenya/month/2026-07/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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