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Sagaing region, Myanmar: events and estimated deaths in May 2026

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

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UCDP recorded 10 eventsP of organized violence in Sagaing region, Myanmar in May 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 14P. The low estimate is 14 and the high estimate is 30P. UCDP counts 12P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for April 2026 was 8 eventsP.

The count for May 2025 was 17 events. The change from May 2025 to May 2026 is down 41 percentP. Among the 26 months with a report for Sagaing region, Myanmar, May 2026 has the 18th highest count of events. Sagaing region, Myanmar holds 20 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in Myanmar in May 2026. In May 2025, the share was 24 percent.

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

The report of the country for this month: Myanmar, May 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 26.0.9, with data through . The figures from January 2026 are from Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them.

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Events

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

Table 1. Sagaing region, May 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
4 May 2026Shwebo district, Sagaing regionGovernment of Myanmar (Burma); SCEFState-based111
5 May 2026Shwebo district, Sagaing regionGovernment of Myanmar (Burma); SCEFState-based333
8 May 2026Mawlaik district, Sagaing regionGovernment of Myanmar (Burma); SCEFState-based222
9 May 2026Monywa district, Sagaing regionGovernment of Myanmar (Burma); SCEFState-based222
10 May 2026Katha district, Sagaing regionGovernment of Myanmar (Burma); SCEFState-based006
11 May 2026Shwebo district, Sagaing regionGovernment of Myanmar (Burma); SCEFState-based111
12 May 2026Monywa district, Sagaing regionGovernment of Myanmar (Burma); SCEFState-based111
19 May 2026Monywa district, Sagaing regionGovernment of Myanmar (Burma); SCEFState-based002
19 May 2026Monywa district, Sagaing regionGovernment of Myanmar (Burma); SCEFState-based008
21 May 2026Shwebo district, Sagaing regionGovernment of Myanmar (Burma); SCEFState-based444

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. Sagaing region: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of May 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Myanmar (Burma)10P14P
SCEF10P14P

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 Sagaing region, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 202611P32PCandidate Events
August 202611P34PCandidate Events
July 20265P6PCandidate Events
June 202612P26PCandidate Events
May 202610P14PCandidate Events
April 20268P47PCandidate Events
March 202613P60PCandidate Events
February 20267P32PCandidate Events
January 202615P39PCandidate Events
December 20251583GED
November 20251017GED
October 2025848GED
September 20251644GED
August 20251645GED
July 20251175GED
June 2025719GED
May 20251779GED
April 20252493GED
March 2025410GED
February 20251651GED
January 20251442GED
December 20241225GED
November 20241633GED
October 20241760GED
September 2024935GED
August 20241241GED

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 30 or more events. The other reports stay online and ask search engines not to list them.

Sagaing region: all figures

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ConflictStats. Sagaing region, Myanmar: events and estimated deaths in May 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/myanmar/sagaing-region/month/2026-05/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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