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South Sudan: events and estimated deaths in January 2026

Monthly reportDataset: UCDP Candidate Events, preliminaryData through

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UCDP recorded 8 eventsP of organized violence in South Sudan in January 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 182P. UCDP counts 74P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for December 2025 was 3 events.

The count for January 2025 was 8 events. The change from January 2025 to January 2026 is levelP. Among the 23 months with a report for South Sudan, January 2026 has the 2nd highest count of events. South Sudan holds 0 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in all countries with a page in January 2026. In January 2025, the share was 0 percent.

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.

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Regions

The table has 10 regions at most.

Table 1. South Sudan, January 2026: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsPEstimated deathsP
Central Equatoria state174
East Equatoria state14
Jonglei state379
Lakes state16
Unity state15
Warap state114

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

Figure 1. Events in South Sudan, January 2026. The map shows 8 events with 182 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 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
1 Jan 2026Central Equatoria stateActor not identified by UCDP; CiviliansOne-sided747474
2 Jan 2026Uror county, Jonglei stateGovernment of South Sudan; SPLM/A - IOState-based707070
2 Jan 2026Kapoeta East county, East Equatoria stateGovernment of South Sudan; SPLM/A - IOState-based444
4 Jan 2026Gogrial East county, Warap stateNyarmuong; Jur-Man-AngerNon-state141414
16 Jan 2026Koch county, Unity stateGovernment of South Sudan; SPLM/A - IOState-based555
19 Jan 2026Duk county, Jonglei stateGovernment of South Sudan; SPLM/A - IOState-based333
28 Jan 2026Jonglei stateGovernment of South Sudan; SPLM/A - IOState-based666
30 Jan 2026Lakes statePanyar Dinka; AliebNon-state666

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

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.

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 3. South Sudan: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of January 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Actor not identified by UCDP1P74P
Alieb1P6P
Government of South Sudan5P88P
Jur-Man-Anger1P14P
Nyarmuong1P14P
Panyar Dinka1P6P
SPLM/A - IO5P88P

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.

Type of violence

Table 4. South Sudan: events by type of violence, January 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict5P63%
Non-state conflict2P25%
One-sided violence against civilians1P13%

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

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 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/south-sudan/month/2026-01/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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