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Galgudud region, Somalia: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP

Data through Name of the region as UCDP writes it: Galgudud region

Search engines are asked not to list this page. They list a region page at 30 or more events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. This page has 6.

UCDP recorded no eventsP of organized violence in Galgudud region, Somalia in September 2026. UCDP recorded no eventsP in August 2026.

In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, UCDP recorded 6 eventsP in Galgudud region, Somalia. The best estimate of deaths in the events of the 12 months is 27P. UCDP counts 2P of these deaths as deaths of civilians.

Among the 11 regions of Somalia with a page, Galgudud region has the 11th highest count of events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. Galgudud region holds 1 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in Somalia in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2025, UCDP recorded 16 events in Galgudud region. The count for the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026 is 6P, which is down 62 percent. Over the same periods, the count for Somalia as a whole went from 293 to 417P, which is up 42 percent.

Table 1. Galgudud region, Somalia: events and estimated deaths that UCDP records
FigureSeptember 2026PAugust 2026P12 months to 30 Sep 2026P
Events006
Estimated deaths, best estimate0027
Low estimate of deaths0027
High estimate of deaths0027
Deaths of civilians002

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.

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.

Since the last update

The log has no change for Galgudud region, Somalia on record. ConflictStats read the UCDP files on . The data cover events through . Changes in the data

24 months

02.55Jan 2025Jan 2026GEDCandidate
Figure 1. Events in Galgudud region by month. A hollow column is a preliminary month. The line marks the change of dataset: GED to the left, Candidate Events from Jan 2026 to the right. The two datasets are not made in the same way, so a step at the line is not only a change in the events. The figures are in Table 5.
Figure 2. Events in Galgudud region, 1 Oct 2025 to 30 Sep 2026. The map shows 6 events with 27 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.

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Galgudud region: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Al-Shabaab6P27P
Government of Somalia6P27P

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.

Second-level areas

The areas in Galgudud region that UCDP names in the events. The table has 10 areas at most.

Table 3. Second-level areas of Galgudud region in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Area, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths
Dhuusamarreeb district4P19P
El Bur district15
El Der district13

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

Type of violence

Table 4. Galgudud region: events by type of violence, the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict6P100%
Non-state conflict00%
One-sided violence against civilians00%

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

The glossary has the UCDP definition of each type.

Monthly reports

One report for each month with events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 30 or more events.

Table 5. Monthly reports of Galgudud region, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
January 20261P7PCandidate Events
December 202528GED
November 202517GED
October 202525GED
September 20253104GED
August 2025224GED
July 2025111GED
May 202526GED
April 2025110GED
March 202519GED
January 202513GED
November 2024123GED
October 20244123GED
September 2024224GED
August 2024110GED

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.

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ConflictStats. Galgudud region, Somalia: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP. https://conflictstats.com/country/somalia/galgudud-region/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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Questions

How many events did UCDP record in Galgudud region, Somalia in September 2026?

UCDP recorded no eventsP of organized violence in Galgudud region, Somalia in September 2026. UCDP recorded no eventsP in August 2026.

How does UCDP count deaths?

UCDP gives a best estimate, a low estimate and a high estimate for each event. This page uses the best estimate. For Galgudud region, Somalia in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, the best estimate is 27P. The low estimate is 27 and the high estimate is 27P.

Are the figures of the latest months final?

No. The figures from January 2026 are from UCDP Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them. UCDP releases the reviewed dataset, the GED, one time each year.