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Niger: events and estimated deaths in December 2025

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UCDP recorded 10 events of organized violence in Niger in December 2025. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 47. UCDP counts 12 of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for November 2025 was 3 events.

The count for December 2024 was 11 events. The change from December 2024 to December 2025 is down 9 percent. Among the 26 months with a report for Niger, December 2025 has the 12th highest count of events. Niger holds 1 percent of the events that UCDP recorded in all countries with a page in December 2025. In December 2024, the share was 1 percent.

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.

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.

Regions

The table has 10 regions at most.

Table 1. Niger, December 2025: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsEstimated deaths
Dosso region215
Tahoua region12
Tillabéri region730
Figure 1. Events in Niger, December 2025. The map shows 10 events with 47 estimated deaths. One dot is one event at the place that UCDP gives. When a source names no exact place, UCDP puts the event at the centre of a region or of the country. The area of a dot follows the best estimate of deaths. The largest dot is for 330 deaths or more.1 death10 deaths100 deathsOutlines: Natural Earth, with the first-level areas of the UCDP data. An outline shows where the events are. It is not a statement about a border.

Events

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

Table 2. Niger, December 2025: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsLowHigh
4 Dec 2025Say department, Tillabéri regionJNIM; CiviliansOne-sided666
4 Dec 2025Filingué department, Tillabéri regionIS; CiviliansOne-sided222
4 Dec 2025Filingué department, Tillabéri regionIS; CiviliansOne-sided222
13 Dec 2025Bankilaré department, Tillabéri regionGovernment of Niger; ISState-based111
17 Dec 2025Dogondoutchi department, Dosso regionGovernment of Niger; ISState-based131313
24 Dec 2025Dogondoutchi department, Dosso regionIS; CiviliansOne-sided222
28 Dec 2025Tera department, Tillabéri regionGovernment of Niger; ISState-based111
31 Dec 2025Tillabéri regionGovernment of Niger; ISState-based111
31 Dec 2025Tchin Tabaradene department, Tahoua regionGovernment of Niger; ISState-based222
31 Dec 2025Tera department, Tillabéri regionGovernment of Niger; ISState-based171717

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 3. Niger: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of December 2025, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Niger635
IS941
JNIM16

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.

Type of violence

Table 4. Niger: events by type of violence, December 2025
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict660%
Non-state conflict00%
One-sided violence against civilians440%

The glossary has the UCDP definition of each type.

All months

Table 5. Monthly reports of Niger, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 20267P62PCandidate Events
August 202611P42PCandidate Events
July 20268P107PCandidate Events
June 202614P250PCandidate Events
May 20269P132PCandidate Events
April 202618P51PCandidate Events
March 202616P102PCandidate Events
February 202621P102PCandidate Events
January 202616P178PCandidate Events
December 20251047GED
November 2025327GED
October 2025847GED
September 202518162GED
August 2025531GED
July 202512134GED
June 202526211GED
May 202523210GED
April 2025824GED
March 20259116GED
February 2025896GED
January 2025712GED
December 202411272GED
November 2024411GED
October 2024410GED
September 20248103GED
August 2024556GED

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 20 or more events. The other reports stay online and ask search engines not to list them.

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ConflictStats. Niger: events and estimated deaths in December 2025. https://conflictstats.com/country/niger/month/2025-12/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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