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

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Chin state, Myanmar: events and estimated deaths in August 2026

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

UCDP recorded 5 eventsP of organized violence in Chin state, Myanmar in August 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 8P. The low estimate is 8 and the high estimate is 17P. UCDP counts 8P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for July 2026 was 2 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. Chin state, August 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
1 Aug 2026Hakha district, Chin stateGovernment of Myanmar (Burma); CiviliansOne-sided001
12 Aug 2026Mindat district, Chin stateGovernment of Myanmar (Burma); ULAState-based111
24 Aug 2026Mindat district, Chin stateGovernment of Myanmar (Burma); ULAState-based555
26 Aug 2026Mindat district, Chin stateGovernment of Myanmar (Burma); ULAState-based222
30 Aug 2026Mindat district, Chin stateGovernment of Myanmar (Burma); CPUState-based008

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. Chin state: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of August 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
CPU1P0P
Government of Myanmar (Burma)5P8P
ULA3P8P

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 Chin state, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
August 20265P8PCandidate Events
July 20262P0PCandidate Events
June 20263P10PCandidate Events
May 20267P26PCandidate Events
April 20263P13PCandidate Events
March 20265P13PCandidate Events
February 20263P10PCandidate Events
January 20261P4PCandidate Events
December 202511GED
November 202510GED
October 202537GED
September 202512GED
April 2025212GED
January 202511GED
December 202425GED
November 202410GED
October 2024418GED
September 202411GED
August 202434GED

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.

Chin state: all figures

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ConflictStats. Chin state, Myanmar: events and estimated deaths in August 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/myanmar/chin-state/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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