Bakool region, Somalia: events and estimated deaths in August 2025
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UCDP recorded 5 events of organized violence in Bakool region, Somalia in August 2025. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 6. The low estimate is 6 and the high estimate is 11. UCDP counts 0 of these deaths as deaths of civilians. UCDP recorded no events in July 2025.
Among the 9 months with a report for Bakool region, Somalia, August 2025 has the highest count of events. Bakool region, Somalia holds 16 percent of the events that UCDP recorded in Somalia in August 2025.
The report of the country for this month: Somalia, August 2025.
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.
The pages give counts and their sources. They give no travel, security or safety advice. A count of events is not a measure of danger.
Events
The table lists each event of the month. The CSV file of Somalia has each event.
| Date | Place | Sides, as UCDP writes them | Type of violence | Estimated deaths | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Aug 2025 | Hudur district, Bakool region | Government of Somalia; Al-Shabaab | State-based | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 Aug 2025 | Rab Dhure district, Bakool region | Government of Somalia; Al-Shabaab | State-based | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 Aug 2025 | Hudur district, Bakool region | Government of Somalia; Al-Shabaab | State-based | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 Aug 2025 | Waajid district, Bakool region | Government of Somalia; Al-Shabaab | State-based | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 25 Aug 2025 | Waajid district, Bakool region | Government of Somalia; Al-Shabaab | State-based | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Actors, as UCDP names them
Names as UCDP writes them.
| Name, as UCDP writes it | Events | Estimated deaths in these events |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Shabaab | 5 | 6 |
| Government of Somalia | 5 | 6 |
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.
All months
| Month | Events | Estimated deaths | Dataset |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | 1P | 0P | Candidate Events |
| May 2026 | 1P | 1P | Candidate Events |
| February 2026 | 1P | 0P | Candidate Events |
| December 2025 | 2 | 15 | GED |
| November 2025 | 3 | 7 | GED |
| October 2025 | 1 | 10 | GED |
| September 2025 | 2 | 0 | GED |
| August 2025 | 5 | 6 | GED |
| June 2025 | 1 | 4 | GED |
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 30 or more events. The other reports stay online and ask search engines not to list them.
Cite this page
ConflictStats. Bakool region, Somalia: events and estimated deaths in August 2025. https://conflictstats.com/country/somalia/bakool-region/month/2025-08/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .
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