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

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

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

UCDP recorded 13 eventsP of organized violence in Katsina state, Nigeria in August 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 62P. The low estimate is 62 and the high estimate is 92P. UCDP counts 21P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for July 2026 was 5 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. Katsina state, August 2026: events with 10 or more estimated deaths (2 of 13 events), in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
15 Aug 2026Kankia lga, Katsina stateActor not identified by UCDP; CiviliansOne-sided141414
18 Aug 2026Bakori lga, Katsina stateGovernment of Nigeria; Group named for a person (name not shown)State-based242424

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 2. Katsina 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 UCDP8P24P
Government of Nigeria4P36P
Group named for a person (name not shown)5P38P

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 Katsina state, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
August 202613P62PCandidate Events
July 20265P45PCandidate Events
June 20264P21PCandidate Events
May 202611P76PCandidate Events
April 20268P24PCandidate Events
March 20264P4PCandidate Events
February 20266P29PCandidate Events
January 20265P8PCandidate Events
September 202513GED
August 2025252GED
February 202511GED
December 202418GED

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

Katsina state: all figures

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ConflictStats. Katsina state, Nigeria: events and estimated deaths in August 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/nigeria/katsina-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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