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Sagaing region: conflict events in August 2025

Monthly report from UCDP event data for Sagaing region, Myanmar. Country-wide report: Myanmar, August 2025.

16events11 the month before
45est. deathsrange 45–49
29civilian deaths

In August 2025, UCDP recorded 16 organized-violence events in Sagaing region, Myanmar, with 45 estimated deaths. That is +45% compared with 11 events the month before. The death toll range is 45 to 49.

75% of the month's events were state-based armed conflict. Civilian deaths: 29.

The most active pairing was Government of Myanmar (Burma) - NUG with 12 events.

Where events happened

2025-08-31: Government of Myanmar vs Civilians (2 deaths)2025-08-31: Government of Myanmar vs NUG (1 deaths)2025-08-30: Government of Myanmar vs NUG (1 deaths)2025-08-29: Government of Myanmar vs NUG (1 deaths)2025-08-27: Government of Myanmar vs NUG (4 deaths)2025-08-26: Government of Myanmar vs NUG (2 deaths)2025-08-26: Government of Myanmar vs NUG (1 deaths)2025-08-23: Government of Myanmar vs NUG (2 deaths)2025-08-21: Government of Myanmar vs NUG (1 deaths)2025-08-20: Government of Myanmar vs Civilians (1 deaths)2025-08-18: Government of Myanmar vs NUG (2 deaths)2025-08-18: Government of Myanmar vs NUG (1 deaths)2025-08-17: Government of Myanmar vs Civilians (1 deaths)2025-08-16: Government of Myanmar vs Civilians (9 deaths)2025-08-11: Government of Myanmar vs NUG (16 deaths)2025-08-05: Government of Myanmar vs NUG (0 deaths)
Recorded organized-violence events in Sagaing region, August 2025. Circle size scales with estimated deaths.State-based Non-state One-sidedOutlines: Natural Earth.

Deadliest events, August 2025

DateWherePartiesEst. deaths
11 Aug 2025Sagaing district
Sagaing region		Government of Myanmar vs NUG
State-based, 2 sources		16
16 Aug 2025Shwebo district
Sagaing region		Government of Myanmar vs Civilians
One-sided, 9 civilian, 2 sources		9
27 Aug 2025Shwebo district
Sagaing region		Government of Myanmar vs NUG
State-based, 4 civilian, 2 sources		4
31 Aug 2025Shwebo district
Sagaing region		Government of Myanmar vs Civilians
One-sided, 2 civilian, 2 sources		2
26 Aug 2025Monywa district
Sagaing region		Government of Myanmar vs NUG
State-based, 2 civilian		2
23 Aug 2025Sagaing district
Sagaing region		Government of Myanmar vs NUG
State-based, 2 civilian, 2 sources		2
18 Aug 2025Shwebo district
Sagaing region		Government of Myanmar vs NUG
State-based, 2 civilian		2
31 Aug 2025Monywa district
Sagaing region		Government of Myanmar vs NUG
State-based, 1 civilian		1
30 Aug 2025Monywa district
Sagaing region		Government of Myanmar vs NUG
State-based, 1 civilian		1
29 Aug 2025Shwebo district
Sagaing region		Government of Myanmar vs NUG
State-based, 1 civilian		1

Parties

PartyEventsEst. deaths
Government of Myanmar1645
NUG1232

All months

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Source: UCDP GED and Candidate Events, CC BY 4.0. See methodology.