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Middle Juba region, Somalia: events and estimated deaths in August 2026

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

UCDP recorded 2 eventsP of organized violence in Middle Juba region, Somalia in August 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 4P. UCDP counts 0P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. UCDP recorded no eventsP in July 2026.

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

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

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.

Table 1. Middle Juba region, August 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
23 Aug 2026Jilib district, Middle Juba regionGovernment of Somalia; Al-ShabaabState-based111
24 Aug 2026Jilib district, Middle Juba regionGovernment of Somalia; Al-ShabaabState-based333

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 2. Middle Juba region: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of August 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Al-Shabaab2P4P
Government of Somalia2P4P

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.

All months

Table 3. Monthly reports of Middle Juba region, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
August 20262P4PCandidate Events
June 20261P4PCandidate Events
May 20261P66PCandidate Events
April 20266P38PCandidate Events
March 20263P13PCandidate Events
February 20265P24PCandidate Events
January 20266P57PCandidate Events
December 202512GED
October 202537GED
September 202514GED
March 20251120GED
December 202412GED

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

Middle Juba region: all figures

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ConflictStats. Middle Juba region, Somalia: events and estimated deaths in August 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/somalia/middle-juba-region/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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