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Mozambique: events and estimated deaths in March 2026

Monthly reportDataset: UCDP Candidate Events, preliminaryData through

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UCDP recorded 1 eventP of organized violence in Mozambique in March 2026. The best estimate of deaths in this event is 13P. The low estimate is 10 and the high estimate is 15P. UCDP counts 13P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for February 2026 was 7 eventsP.

The count for March 2025 was 19 events. The change from March 2025 to March 2026 is down 95 percentP. Among the 26 months with a report for Mozambique, March 2026 has the 26th highest count of events. Mozambique holds 0 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in all countries with a page in March 2026. In March 2025, the share was 1 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. Mozambique, March 2026: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsPEstimated deathsP
Cabo Delgado province113

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

Figure 1. Events in Mozambique, March 2026. The map shows 1 event with 13 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 Mozambique has each event.

Table 2. Mozambique, March 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
15 Mar 2026Mocímboa da Praia district, Cabo Delgado provinceGovernment of Mozambique; CiviliansOne-sided131015

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. Mozambique: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of March 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Mozambique1P13P

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. Mozambique: events by type of violence, March 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict00%
Non-state conflict00%
One-sided violence against civilians1P100%

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 Mozambique, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 202614P20PCandidate Events
August 20263P22PCandidate Events
July 20268P37PCandidate Events
June 20269P50PCandidate Events
May 202616P62PCandidate Events
April 20268P19PCandidate Events
March 20261P13PCandidate Events
February 20267P45PCandidate Events
January 20264P19PCandidate Events
December 2025814GED
November 20251789GED
October 20251534GED
September 20252270GED
August 20251437GED
July 20251657GED
June 20251375GED
May 20251165GED
April 2025735GED
March 20251937GED
February 20251547GED
January 20252750GED
December 202441125GED
November 20243785GED
October 20242752GED
September 2024421GED
August 2024511GED

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.

Mozambique: all figures

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ConflictStats. Mozambique: events and estimated deaths in March 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/mozambique/month/2026-03/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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