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Central Darfur state, Sudan: events and estimated deaths in April 2026

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UCDP recorded 5 eventsP of organized violence in Central Darfur state, Sudan in April 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 88P. The low estimate is 57 and the high estimate is 88P. UCDP counts 41P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for March 2026 was 1 eventP.

UCDP recorded no events in April 2025. Among the 14 months with a report for Central Darfur state, Sudan, April 2026 has the highest count of events. Central Darfur state, Sudan holds 11 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in Sudan in April 2026. In April 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, April 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 .

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Events

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

Table 1. Central Darfur state, April 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
13 Apr 2026Azum district, Central Darfur stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based222
13 Apr 2026Azum district, Central Darfur stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based666
15 Apr 2026Umm Dukhun district, Central Darfur stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based242424
21 Apr 2026Umm Dukhun district, Central Darfur stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based501950
27 Apr 2026Zalingei district, Central Darfur stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based666

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. Central Darfur state: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of April 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Sudan5P88P
SFA5P88P

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 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.

Central Darfur state: all figures

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ConflictStats. Central Darfur state, Sudan: events and estimated deaths in April 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/sudan/central-darfur-state/month/2026-04/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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