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South Sudan: events and estimated deaths in January 2025

Monthly reportDataset: UCDP GEDData through

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UCDP recorded 8 events of organized violence in South Sudan in January 2025. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 73. UCDP counts 10 of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for December 2024 was 2 events.

Among the 23 months with a report for South Sudan, January 2025 has the 2nd highest count of events. South Sudan holds 0 percent of the events that UCDP recorded in all countries with a page in January 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.

Regions

The table has 10 regions at most.

Table 1. South Sudan, January 2025: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsEstimated deaths
East Equatoria state360
Upper Nile state13
West Equatoria state27
Figure 1. Events in South Sudan, January 2025. The map shows 8 events with 73 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.

Events

The table lists each event of the month. The CSV file of South Sudan has each event.

Table 2. South Sudan, January 2025: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsLowHigh
1 Jan 2025Kapoeta North county, East Equatoria stateMurle; ToposaNon-state101010
1 Jan 2025Nagero county, West Equatoria stateGovernment of South Sudan; CiviliansOne-sided222
1 Jan 2025No place givenGovernment of South Sudan; CiviliansOne-sided111
1 Jan 2025No place givenGovernment of South Sudan; CiviliansOne-sided222
1 Jan 2025Tambura county, West Equatoria stateGovernment of South Sudan; CiviliansOne-sided555
1 Jan 2025Upper Nile stateMurle; ToposaNon-state333
1 Jan 2025Kapoeta East county, East Equatoria stateJie; MurleNon-state999
31 Jan 2025Magwi county, East Equatoria stateBor Dinka; Acholi, MurleNon-state414141

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 3. South Sudan: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of January 2025, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Acholi, Murle141
Bor Dinka141
Government of South Sudan410
Jie19
Murle322
Toposa213

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.

Type of violence

Table 4. South Sudan: events by type of violence, January 2025
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict00%
Non-state conflict450%
One-sided violence against civilians450%

The glossary has the UCDP definition of each type.

All months

Table 5. Monthly reports of South Sudan, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 20261P16PCandidate Events
August 20262P109PCandidate Events
July 20266P49PCandidate Events
June 20266P37PCandidate Events
May 20265P46PCandidate Events
April 20263P23PCandidate Events
March 20265P128PCandidate Events
February 20266P47PCandidate Events
January 20268P182PCandidate Events
December 2025328GED
November 2025410GED
October 2025756GED
September 2025992GED
August 2025311GED
July 202533GED
June 202514GED
May 20257106GED
April 2025129GED
March 20255235GED
February 2025114GED
January 2025873GED
December 2024236GED
August 202424GED

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 20 or more events. The other reports stay online and ask search engines not to list them.

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ConflictStats. South Sudan: events and estimated deaths in January 2025. https://conflictstats.com/country/south-sudan/month/2025-01/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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