Bulletin 2026-09UCDP data through GED 26.1, Candidate Events 26.0.9Changes in the data

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

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UCDP recorded 10 eventsP of organized violence in Rakhine state, Myanmar in September 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 62P. UCDP counts 56P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for August 2026 was 7 eventsP.

The count for September 2025 was 3 events. The change from September 2025 to September 2026 is up 233 percentP. Among the 25 months with a report for Rakhine state, Myanmar, September 2026 has the 2nd highest count of events. Rakhine state, Myanmar holds 18 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in Myanmar in September 2026. In September 2025, the share was 5 percent.

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

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

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Events

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

Table 1. Rakhine state, September 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
10 Sep 2026Thandwe district, Rakhine stateGovernment of Myanmar (Burma); ULAState-based111
11 Sep 2026Thandwe district, Rakhine stateGovernment of Myanmar (Burma); ULAState-based111
11 Sep 2026Sittwe district, Rakhine stateGovernment of Myanmar (Burma); ULAState-based111
13 Sep 2026Sittwe district, Rakhine stateGovernment of Myanmar (Burma); ULAState-based222
20 Sep 2026Sittwe district, Rakhine stateGovernment of Myanmar (Burma); ULAState-based222
20 Sep 2026Sittwe district, Rakhine stateGovernment of Myanmar (Burma); ULAState-based111
20 Sep 2026Sittwe district, Rakhine stateGovernment of Myanmar (Burma); ULAState-based111
23 Sep 2026Sittwe district, Rakhine stateGovernment of Myanmar (Burma); ULAState-based222
25 Sep 2026Mrauk-U district, Rakhine stateGovernment of Myanmar (Burma); ULAState-based111
28 Sep 2026Mrauk-U district, Rakhine stateGovernment of Myanmar (Burma); ULAState-based505050

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 September 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Myanmar (Burma)10P62P
ULA10P62P

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
September 202610P62PCandidate Events
August 20267P35PCandidate 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

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Rakhine state: all figures

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ConflictStats. Rakhine state, Myanmar: events and estimated deaths in September 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/myanmar/rakhine-state/month/2026-09/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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