Bulletin 2026-08UCDP data through GED 26.1, Candidate Events 26.0.8Changes in the data

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Bago region, Myanmar: events and estimated deaths in August 2026

Monthly report of a regionDataset: UCDP Candidate Events, preliminaryData through

UCDP recorded 4 eventsP of organized violence in Bago region, Myanmar in August 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 8P. UCDP counts 4P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for July 2026 was 5 eventsP.

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

The report of the country for this month: Myanmar, August 2026.

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 26.0.8, with data through . The figures from January 2026 are from Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them.

The pages give counts and their sources. They give no travel, security or safety advice. A count of events is not a measure of danger.

Events

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

Table 1. Bago region, August 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
4 Aug 2026Thayarwady district, Bago regionGovernment of Myanmar (Burma); CiviliansOne-sided111
10 Aug 2026Bago district, Bago regionGovernment of Myanmar (Burma); SCEFState-based333
17 Aug 2026Taungoo district, Bago regionGovernment of Myanmar (Burma); SCEFState-based111
25 Aug 2026Bago district, Bago regionGovernment of Myanmar (Burma); SCEFState-based333

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 2. Bago region: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of August 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Myanmar (Burma)4P8P
SCEF3P7P

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.

All months

Table 3. Monthly reports of Bago region, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
August 20264P8PCandidate Events
July 20265P13PCandidate Events
June 20264P10PCandidate Events
May 20266P15PCandidate Events
April 20267P9PCandidate Events
March 202610P87PCandidate Events
February 20268P14PCandidate Events
January 202612P18PCandidate Events
December 2025610GED
November 202544GED
October 202554GED
September 20251012GED
August 202559GED
July 202548GED
June 20251214GED
May 20251033GED
April 2025911GED
March 202535GED
February 2025510GED
January 202558GED
December 2024918GED
November 202446GED
October 2024715GED
August 2024510GED

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. A report of a month more than 24 months before the data end stays online. Search engines are asked not to list it.

Bago region: all figures

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ConflictStats. Bago region, Myanmar: events and estimated deaths in August 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/myanmar/bago-region/month/2026-08/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.8. Data through .

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