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Jonglei state, South Sudan: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP

Data through Name of the region as UCDP writes it: Jonglei statePopulation about 1,358,602 (Wikidata)

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 19.

UCDP recorded no eventsP of organized violence in Jonglei state, South Sudan in September 2026. UCDP recorded no eventsP in August 2026.

In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, UCDP recorded 19 eventsP in Jonglei state, South Sudan. The best estimate of deaths in the events of the 12 months is 225P. The low estimate is 201 and the high estimate is 328P. UCDP counts 68P of these deaths as deaths of civilians.

Among the 6 regions of South Sudan with a page, Jonglei state has the highest count of events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. Jonglei state holds 34 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in South Sudan in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2025, UCDP recorded 7 events in Jonglei state. The count for the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026 is 19P, which is up 171 percent. Over the same periods, the count for South Sudan as a whole went from 40 to 56P, which is up 40 percent.

Table 1. Jonglei state, South Sudan: events and estimated deaths that UCDP records
FigureSeptember 2026PAugust 2026P12 months to 30 Sep 2026P
Events0019
Estimated deaths, best estimate00225
Low estimate of deaths00201
High estimate of deaths00328
Deaths of civilians0068

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 Jonglei state, South Sudan 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 Jonglei state 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 Jonglei state, 1 Oct 2025 to 30 Sep 2026. The map shows 19 events with 225 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. Jonglei state: 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
Abang2P8P
Actor not identified by UCDP1P4P
Ayual Dinka1P12P
Gawaar Nuer233
Government of South Sudan12P151P
Hol Dinka1P12P
Lou Nuer233
Malual Dinka2P8P
SPLM/A - IO11P143P

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. Names are as UCDP writes them, with two labels that the site writes. UCDP does not identify some actors: the site writes "Actor not identified by UCDP" for each of them. UCDP names some groups for a person: the site writes "Group named for a person (name not shown)" for each of them. A line with a label can hold more than one actor.

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

Second-level areas

The areas in Jonglei state that UCDP names in the events. The table has 10 areas at most.

Table 3. Second-level areas of Jonglei state in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Area, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths
Akobo county4P19P
Ayod county2P24P
Bor South county2P11P
Duk county1P3P
Nyirol county356
Pibor county1P17P
Twic East county1P12P
Uror county2P71P

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

Type of violence

Table 4. Jonglei state: events by type of violence, the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict10P53%
Non-state conflict6P32%
One-sided violence against civilians3P16%

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 Jonglei state, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
July 20262P3PCandidate Events
June 20261P4PCandidate Events
May 20262P29PCandidate Events
April 20261P7PCandidate Events
March 20261P13PCandidate Events
February 20264P30PCandidate Events
January 20263P79PCandidate Events
December 2025226GED
November 202511GED
October 2025233GED
June 202514GED
May 2025368GED
April 2025129GED
March 202515GED
December 2024115GED

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. Jonglei state, South Sudan: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP. https://conflictstats.com/country/south-sudan/jonglei-state/. 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 Jonglei state, South Sudan in September 2026?

UCDP recorded no eventsP of organized violence in Jonglei state, South Sudan 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 Jonglei state, South Sudan in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, the best estimate is 225P. The low estimate is 201 and the high estimate is 328P.

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.