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Cabo Delgado province, Mozambique: events and estimated deaths in May 2025

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UCDP recorded 7 events of organized violence in Cabo Delgado province, Mozambique in May 2025. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 56. The low estimate is 30 and the high estimate is 56. UCDP counts 3 of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for April 2025 was 4 events.

Among the 26 months with a report for Cabo Delgado province, Mozambique, May 2025 has the 17th highest count of events. Cabo Delgado province, Mozambique holds 64 percent of the events that UCDP recorded in Mozambique in May 2025.

The report of the country for this month: Mozambique, May 2025.

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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 .

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Events

The table lists each event of the month. The CSV file of Mozambique has each event.

Table 1. Cabo Delgado province, May 2025: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsLowHigh
3 May 2025Mocímboa da Praia district, Cabo Delgado provinceGovernment of Mozambique; ISState-based333
3 May 2025Mocímboa da Praia district, Cabo Delgado provinceGovernment of Mozambique; ISState-based212
8 May 2025Muidumbe district, Cabo Delgado provinceGovernment of Mozambique; ISState-based181118
11 May 2025Muidumbe district, Cabo Delgado provinceIS; CiviliansOne-sided323
15 May 2025Mocímboa da Praia district, Cabo Delgado provinceGovernment of Mozambique; ISState-based444
18 May 2025Muidumbe district, Cabo Delgado provinceGovernment of Mozambique; ISState-based666
27 May 2025Macomia district, Cabo Delgado provinceGovernment of Mozambique; ISState-based20320

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Cabo Delgado province: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of May 2025, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Mozambique653
IS756

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.

All months

Table 3. Monthly reports of Cabo Delgado province, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 202610P15PCandidate Events
August 20263P22PCandidate Events
July 20267P36PCandidate Events
June 20268P45PCandidate Events
May 202614P60PCandidate Events
April 20268P19PCandidate Events
March 20261P13PCandidate Events
February 20267P45PCandidate Events
January 20264P19PCandidate Events
December 2025611GED
November 20251368GED
October 20251433GED
September 20252068GED
August 20251437GED
July 20251554GED
June 20251375GED
May 2025756GED
April 202544GED
March 20251327GED
February 2025920GED
January 20251219GED
December 2024814GED
November 20241036GED
October 20241018GED
September 2024421GED
August 2024511GED

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ConflictStats. Cabo Delgado province, Mozambique: events and estimated deaths in May 2025. https://conflictstats.com/country/mozambique/cabo-delgado-province/month/2025-05/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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