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Sudan: events and estimated deaths in November 2025

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UCDP recorded 54 events of organized violence in Sudan in November 2025. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 611. The low estimate is 610 and the high estimate is 614. UCDP counts 124 of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for October 2025 was 126 events.

The count for November 2024 was 64 events. The change from November 2024 to November 2025 is down 16 percent. Among the 26 months with a report for Sudan, November 2025 has the 14th highest count of events. Sudan holds 3 percent of the events that UCDP recorded in all countries with a page in November 2025. In November 2024, the share was 3 percent.

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. Sudan, November 2025: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsEstimated deaths
Central Darfur state214
North Darfur state322
North Kordofan state1284
South Darfur state124
South Kordofan state887
West Kordofan state26373
White Nile state27
Figure 1. Events in Sudan, November 2025. The map shows 54 events with 611 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 the events with 10 or more estimated deaths. The CSV file of Sudan has each event.

Table 2. Sudan, November 2025: events with 10 or more estimated deaths (13 of 54 events), in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsLowHigh
3 Nov 2025Shiekan district, North Kordofan stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based545454
4 Nov 2025El Nahud district, West Kordofan stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based414141
4 Nov 2025El Salam district, West Kordofan stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based181818
5 Nov 2025Zalingei district, Central Darfur stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based131313
11 Nov 2025Nyala district, South Darfur stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based242424
15 Nov 2025Abyei - Muglad district, West Kordofan stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based141414
16 Nov 2025El Malha district, North Darfur stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based151515
16 Nov 2025Abyei - Muglad district, West Kordofan stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based434343
25 Nov 2025Abyei - Muglad district, West Kordofan stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based106106106
27 Nov 2025Abyei - Muglad district, West Kordofan stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based474747
29 Nov 2025Heiban district, South Kordofan stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based484848
29 Nov 2025Habila district, South Kordofan stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based131313
29 Nov 2025Abyei - Muglad district, West Kordofan stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based535353

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 3. Sudan: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of November 2025, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Sudan49602
SFA54611

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. Sudan: events by type of violence, November 2025
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict4991%
Non-state conflict00%
One-sided violence against civilians59%

The glossary has the UCDP definition of each type.

All months

Table 5. Monthly reports of Sudan, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 202645P277PCandidate Events
August 202648P254PCandidate Events
July 202641P318PCandidate Events
June 202659P239PCandidate Events
May 202661P392PCandidate Events
April 202646P422PCandidate Events
March 202667P942PCandidate Events
February 202646P325PCandidate Events
January 202642P1,060PCandidate Events
December 202534770GED
November 202554611GED
October 202512661,369GED
September 202545757GED
August 2025511,053GED
July 2025331,132GED
June 202537364GED
May 2025532,066GED
April 2025803,150GED
March 2025601,003GED
February 202556994GED
January 2025891,905GED
December 202479861GED
November 202464734GED
October 2024761,332GED
September 202470620GED
August 202457485GED

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. Sudan: events and estimated deaths in November 2025. https://conflictstats.com/country/sudan/month/2025-11/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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