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

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

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

UCDP recorded 18 eventsP of organized violence in Zamfara state, Nigeria in August 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 148P. The low estimate is 147 and the high estimate is 155P. UCDP counts 23P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for July 2026 was 18 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. Zamfara state, August 2026: events with 10 or more estimated deaths (4 of 18 events), in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
9 Aug 2026Gummi lga, Zamfara stateActor not identified by UCDP; Actor not identified by UCDPNon-state171717
10 Aug 2026Zamfara stateActor not identified by UCDP; Actor not identified by UCDPState-based404040
16 Aug 2026Gummi lga, Zamfara stateActor not identified by UCDP; Actor not identified by UCDPState-based383841
25 Aug 2026Tsafe lga, Zamfara stateActor not identified by UCDP; Actor not identified by UCDPState-based171717

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. Zamfara 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 UCDP16P144P
Government of Nigeria2P4P
Group named for a person (name not shown)2P4P

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 Zamfara state, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
August 202618P148PCandidate Events
July 202618P108PCandidate Events
June 202621P99PCandidate Events
May 202620P146PCandidate Events
April 202620P164PCandidate Events
March 20265P7PCandidate Events
February 20268P67PCandidate Events
January 202611P62PCandidate Events
July 2025235GED
June 202511GED
May 202514GED
April 2025310GED
March 202511GED
January 202525GED

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

Zamfara state: all figures

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