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

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

UCDP recorded 6 eventsP of organized violence in Rakhine state, Myanmar in August 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 34P. The low estimate is 34 and the high estimate is 35P. UCDP counts 34P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for July 2026 was 6 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. Rakhine state, August 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
1 Aug 2026Rakhine stateGovernment of Myanmar (Burma); ULAState-based666
8 Aug 2026Kyaukpyu district, Rakhine stateGovernment of Myanmar (Burma); ULAState-based222
10 Aug 2026Thandwe district, Rakhine stateGovernment of Myanmar (Burma); ULAState-based161616
13 Aug 2026Thandwe district, Rakhine stateGovernment of Myanmar (Burma); ULAState-based888
16 Aug 2026Thandwe district, Rakhine stateGovernment of Myanmar (Burma); ULAState-based222
21 Aug 2026Thandwe district, Rakhine stateGovernment of Myanmar (Burma); ULAState-based001

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. Rakhine state: 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)6P34P
ULA6P34P

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 Rakhine state, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
August 20266P34PCandidate Events
July 20266P21PCandidate Events
June 20264P14PCandidate Events
May 20264P5PCandidate Events
April 20263P5PCandidate Events
March 20262P1PCandidate Events
February 202610P40PCandidate Events
January 20264P8PCandidate Events
December 2025660GED
November 2025723GED
October 2025920GED
September 2025322GED
August 2025317GED
June 202525GED
May 2025527GED
April 202535GED
March 202547GED
February 2025511GED
January 2025885GED
December 2024712GED
November 2024821GED
October 20241562GED
September 2024727GED
August 20248121GED

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.

Rakhine state: all figures

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