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Hiran region, Somalia: events and estimated deaths in May 2025

Monthly report of a regionDataset: UCDP GEDData through

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UCDP recorded 11 events of organized violence in Hiran region, Somalia in May 2025. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 98. The low estimate is 98 and the high estimate is 133. UCDP counts 0 of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for April 2025 was 3 events.

Among the 20 months with a report for Hiran region, Somalia, May 2025 has the 2nd highest count of events. Hiran region, Somalia holds 31 percent of the events that UCDP recorded in Somalia in May 2025.

The report of the country for this month: Somalia, May 2025.

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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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Events

The table lists the events with 10 or more estimated deaths. The CSV file of Somalia has each event.

Table 1. Hiran region, May 2025: events with 10 or more estimated deaths (3 of 11 events), in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsLowHigh
18 May 2025Bulo Burti district, Hiran regionGovernment of Somalia; Al-ShabaabState-based121212
20 May 2025Bulo Burti district, Hiran regionGovernment of Somalia; Al-ShabaabState-based464646
29 May 2025Bulo Burti district, Hiran regionGovernment of Somalia; Al-ShabaabState-based101010

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Hiran region: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of May 2025, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Al-Shabaab1198
Government of Somalia1198

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

Table 3. Monthly reports of Hiran region, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
August 20264P17PCandidate Events
July 202613P143PCandidate Events
June 20261P6PCandidate Events
May 20264P31PCandidate Events
April 20264P20PCandidate Events
March 20264P23PCandidate Events
February 202610P57PCandidate Events
January 20261P4PCandidate Events
December 2025418GED
October 2025825GED
September 2025217GED
August 2025211GED
July 20251185GED
June 202511111GED
May 20251198GED
April 202538GED
March 2025212GED
February 2025222GED
January 2025116GED
August 202411GED

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.

Hiran region: all figures

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ConflictStats. Hiran region, Somalia: events and estimated deaths in May 2025. https://conflictstats.com/country/somalia/hiran-region/month/2025-05/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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