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Niger: events and estimated deaths in May 2026

Monthly reportDataset: UCDP Candidate Events, preliminaryData through

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UCDP recorded 9 eventsP of organized violence in Niger in May 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 132P. The low estimate is 91 and the high estimate is 139P. UCDP counts 45P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for April 2026 was 18 eventsP.

The count for May 2025 was 23 events. The change from May 2025 to May 2026 is down 61 percentP. Among the 26 months with a report for Niger, May 2026 has the 13th highest count of events. Niger holds 1 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in all countries with a page in May 2026. In May 2025, the share was 1 percent.

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

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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Regions

The table has 10 regions at most.

Table 1. Niger, May 2026: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsPEstimated deathsP
Dosso region211
Tillabéri region7121

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

Figure 1. Events in Niger, May 2026. The map shows 9 events with 132 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, May 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
4 May 2026Tera department, Tillabéri regionIS; CiviliansOne-sided444
4 May 2026Tera department, Tillabéri regionGovernment of Niger; CiviliansOne-sided28028
8 May 2026Abala department, Tillabéri regionActor not identified by UCDP; Actor not identified by UCDPNon-state006
9 May 2026Filingué department, Tillabéri regionGovernment of Niger; ISState-based556
13 May 2026Gaya departement, Dosso regionActor not identified by UCDP; Actor not identified by UCDPNon-state555
14 May 2026Tera department, Tillabéri regionGovernment of Niger; JNIMState-based676767
16 May 2026Ayerou department, Tillabéri regionActor not identified by UCDP; Actor not identified by UCDPNon-state545
20 May 2026Kollo department, Tillabéri regionGovernment of Niger; JNIMState-based12012
25 May 2026Dosso department, Dosso regionIS; CiviliansOne-sided666

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

Names are as UCDP writes them, with two labels that the site writes. UCDP does not identify some actors: the site writes "Actor not identified by UCDP" for each of them. UCDP names some groups for a person: the site writes "Group named for a person (name not shown)" for each of them. A line with a label can hold more than one actor.

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 3. Niger: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of May 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Actor not identified by UCDP3P10P
Government of Niger4P112P
IS3P15P
JNIM2P79P

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. Names are as UCDP writes them, with two labels that the site writes. UCDP does not identify some actors: the site writes "Actor not identified by UCDP" for each of them. UCDP names some groups for a person: the site writes "Group named for a person (name not shown)" for each of them. A line with a label can hold more than one actor.

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

Type of violence

Table 4. Niger: events by type of violence, May 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict3P33%
Non-state conflict3P33%
One-sided violence against civilians3P33%

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

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 May 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/niger/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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