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Central Darfur state, Sudan: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP

Data through Name of the region as UCDP writes it: Central Darfur statePopulation about 751,400 (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 15.

UCDP recorded 2 eventsP of organized violence in Central Darfur state, Sudan in September 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 7P. UCDP recorded no eventsP in August 2026.

In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, UCDP recorded 15 eventsP in Central Darfur state, Sudan. The best estimate of deaths in the events of the 12 months is 128P. The low estimate is 96 and the high estimate is 175P. UCDP counts 45P of these deaths as deaths of civilians.

Among the 11 regions of Sudan with a page, Central Darfur state has the 8th highest count of events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. Central Darfur state holds 2 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in Sudan in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2025, UCDP recorded 5 events in Central Darfur state. The count for the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026 is 15P, which is up 200 percent. Over the same periods, the count for Sudan as a whole went from 723 to 669P, which is down 7 percent.

Table 1. Central Darfur state, Sudan: events and estimated deaths that UCDP records
FigureSeptember 2026PAugust 2026P12 months to 30 Sep 2026P
Events2015
Estimated deaths, best estimate70128
Low estimate of deaths7096
High estimate of deaths70175
Deaths of civilians0045

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 Central Darfur state, 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 Central Darfur 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 Central Darfur state, 1 Oct 2025 to 30 Sep 2026. The map shows 15 events with 128 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. Central Darfur 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
Farmers (Sudan)1P4P
Government of Sudan10P117P
Herders (Sudan)1P4P
Mahamid1P3P
Salamat Baggara1P3P
SFA13P121P

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.

Second-level areas

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

Table 3. Second-level areas of Central Darfur state in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Area, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths
Azum district3P11P
Ouadi Saleh village2P3P
Umm Dukhun district2P74P
Zalingei district8P40P

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

Type of violence

Table 4. Central Darfur state: events by type of violence, the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict10P67%
Non-state conflict2P13%
One-sided violence against civilians3P20%

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 Central Darfur state, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 20262P7PCandidate Events
June 20261P2PCandidate Events
April 20265P88PCandidate Events
March 20261P1PCandidate Events
February 20262P9PCandidate Events
January 20261P6PCandidate Events
December 202511GED
November 2025214GED
February 202513GED
January 202511GED
November 202424GED
October 202411GED
September 202411GED
August 202415GED

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. Central Darfur state, Sudan: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP. https://conflictstats.com/country/sudan/central-darfur-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 Central Darfur state, Sudan in September 2026?

UCDP recorded 2 eventsP of organized violence in Central Darfur state, 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 Central Darfur state, Sudan in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, the best estimate is 128P. The low estimate is 96 and the high estimate is 175P.

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.