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Sudan: events and estimated deaths in January 2026

Monthly reportDataset: UCDP Candidate Events, preliminaryData through

UCDP recorded 42 eventsP of organized violence in Sudan in January 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 1,060P. The low estimate is 1,060 and the high estimate is 1,100P. UCDP counts 515P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for December 2025 was 34 events.

The count for January 2025 was 89 events. The change from January 2025 to January 2026 is down 53 percentP. Among the 26 months with a report for Sudan, January 2026 has the 22nd highest count of events. Sudan holds 2 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in all countries with a page in January 2026. In January 2025, the share was 4 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.

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, January 2026: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsPEstimated deathsP
Blue Nile state3155
Central Darfur state16
Gezira state11
North Darfur state11194
North Kordofan state5256
River Nile state11
Sennar state128
South Kordofan state1154
West Kordofan state5163

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

Figure 1. Events in Sudan, January 2026. The map shows 42 events with 1,060 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, January 2026: events with 10 or more estimated deaths (16 of 42 events), in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
1 Jan 2026Blue Nile stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based151151151
1 Jan 2026El Nahud district, West Kordofan stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based919191
2 Jan 2026Mellit district, North Darfur stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based515151
3 Jan 2026No place givenGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based200200200
4 Jan 2026Lagawa district, West Kordofan stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based424242
5 Jan 2026Shiekan district, North Kordofan stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based101010
6 Jan 2026Shiekan district, North Kordofan stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based131313
6 Jan 2026Al Sunut district, West Kordofan stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based212121
7 Jan 2026Kutum district, North Darfur stateSFA; CiviliansOne-sided848484
9 Jan 2026Kutum district, North Darfur stateSFA; CiviliansOne-sided191919
12 Jan 2026Singa district, Sennar stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based282828
15 Jan 2026Shiekan district, North Kordofan stateGovernment of Sudan; CiviliansOne-sided220220220
15 Jan 2026Dilling district, South Kordofan stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based121212
25 Jan 2026El Malha district, North Darfur stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based232323
28 Jan 2026Dilling district, South Kordofan stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based242424
30 Jan 2026Shiekan district, North Kordofan stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based111111

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 3. Sudan: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of January 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Farmers (Sudan)1P1P
Government of Sudan37P954P
Herders (Sudan)1P1P
SFA40P839P

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.

Type of violence

Table 4. Sudan: events by type of violence, January 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict36P86%
Non-state conflict1P2%
One-sided violence against civilians5P12%

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 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 January 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/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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