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Blue Nile state, Sudan: events and estimated deaths in March 2026

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UCDP recorded 6 eventsP of organized violence in Blue Nile state, Sudan in March 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 153P. The low estimate is 153 and the high estimate is 158P. UCDP counts 56P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for February 2026 was 4 eventsP.

UCDP recorded no events in March 2025. Among the 12 months with a report for Blue Nile state, Sudan, March 2026 has the highest count of events. Blue Nile state, Sudan holds 9 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in Sudan in March 2026. In March 2025, the share was 0 percent.

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

The report of the country for this month: Sudan, March 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 26.0.9, 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 each event of the month. The CSV file of Sudan has each event.

Table 1. Blue Nile state, March 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
8 Mar 2026El Kurmuk district, Blue Nile stateSFA; CiviliansOne-sided252525
10 Mar 2026Bau district, Blue Nile stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based333
23 Mar 2026El Kurmuk district, Blue Nile stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based002
23 Mar 2026El Kurmuk district, Blue Nile stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based313131
26 Mar 2026Geissan district, Blue Nile stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based003
27 Mar 2026El Kurmuk district, Blue Nile stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based949494

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. Blue Nile state: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of March 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Sudan5P128P
SFA6P153P

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 Blue Nile state, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 20265P16PCandidate Events
August 20266P52PCandidate Events
July 20262P27PCandidate Events
June 20263P6PCandidate Events
May 20265P5PCandidate Events
April 20262P97PCandidate Events
March 20266P153PCandidate Events
February 20264P5PCandidate Events
January 20263P155PCandidate Events
December 202423GED
November 20241120GED
August 2024124GED

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.

Blue Nile state: all figures

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ConflictStats. Blue Nile state, Sudan: events and estimated deaths in March 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/sudan/blue-nile-state/month/2026-03/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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