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Papua New Guinea: events and estimated deaths in January 2026

Monthly reportDataset: UCDP Candidate Events, preliminaryData through

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UCDP recorded 2 eventsP of organized violence in Papua New Guinea in January 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 15P. UCDP counts 2P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. UCDP recorded no events in December 2025.

UCDP recorded no events in January 2025. Among the 12 months with a report for Papua New Guinea, January 2026 has the 4th highest count of events. Papua New Guinea holds 0 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in all countries with a page in January 2026. In January 2025, the share was 0 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. Papua New Guinea, January 2026: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsPEstimated deathsP
National Capital district12
Southern Highlands province113

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

Figure 1. Events in Papua New Guinea, January 2026. The map shows 2 events with 15 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 Papua New Guinea has each event.

Table 2. Papua New Guinea, January 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
1 Jan 2026Kagua-Erave district, Southern Highlands provinceMirupa; WambeaNon-state131313
26 Jan 2026National Capital districtGovernment of Papua New Guinea; CiviliansOne-sided222

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 3. Papua New Guinea: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of January 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Papua New Guinea1P2P
Mirupa1P13P
Wambea1P13P

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.

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

Type of violence

Table 4. Papua New Guinea: events by type of violence, January 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict00%
Non-state conflict1P50%
One-sided violence against civilians1P50%

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 Papua New Guinea, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 20264P12PCandidate Events
August 20261P1PCandidate Events
July 20261P1PCandidate Events
June 20262P4PCandidate Events
May 20261P4PCandidate Events
April 20262P14PCandidate Events
March 20261P1PCandidate Events
February 20261P5PCandidate Events
January 20262P15PCandidate Events
October 202513GED
August 2025328GED
September 2024336GED

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.

Papua New Guinea: all figures

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ConflictStats. Papua New Guinea: events and estimated deaths in January 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/papua-new-guinea/month/2026-01/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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