Bulletin 2026-08UCDP data through GED 26.1, Candidate Events 26.0.8Changes in the data

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Borno state, Nigeria: events and estimated deaths in August 2026

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UCDP recorded 22 eventsP of organized violence in Borno state, Nigeria in August 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 170P. The low estimate is 159 and the high estimate is 177P. UCDP counts 1P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for July 2026 was 15 eventsP.

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

The report of the country for this month: Nigeria, August 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 26.0.8, 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 the events with 10 or more estimated deaths. The CSV file of Nigeria has each event.

Table 1. Borno state, August 2026: events with 10 or more estimated deaths (5 of 22 events), in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
3 Aug 2026Bama lga, Borno stateIS; JASNon-state101010
4 Aug 2026Damboa lga, Borno stateGovernment of Nigeria; ISState-based121212
15 Aug 2026Biu lga, Borno stateGovernment of Nigeria; ISState-based252525
21 Aug 2026Borno stateGovernment of Nigeria; ISState-based383838
28 Aug 2026Kukawa lga, Borno stateGovernment of Nigeria; ISState-based262629

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. Borno state: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of August 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Actor not identified by UCDP2P1P
Government of Nigeria18P156P
IS20P169P
JAS2P13P

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.

All months

Table 3. Monthly reports of Borno state, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
August 202622P170PCandidate Events
July 202615P87PCandidate Events
June 202624P128PCandidate Events
May 202631P410PCandidate Events
April 202636P337PCandidate Events
March 202640P476PCandidate Events
February 202622P81PCandidate Events
January 202648P368PCandidate Events
December 202532114GED
November 202528307GED
October 202521179GED
September 202532216GED
August 202525117GED
July 20253587GED
June 202523168GED
May 202534371GED
April 202523114GED
March 202527144GED
February 20251699GED
January 202529353GED
December 2024880GED
November 202424153GED
October 202423208GED
September 20241785GED
August 202416288GED

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. A report of a month more than 24 months before the data end stays online. Search engines are asked not to list it.

Borno state: all figures

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ConflictStats. Borno state, Nigeria: events and estimated deaths in August 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/nigeria/borno-state/month/2026-08/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.8. Data through .

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