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Sudan: events and estimated deaths in July 2026

Monthly reportDataset: UCDP Candidate Events, preliminaryData through

UCDP recorded 41 eventsP of organized violence in Sudan in July 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 318P. The low estimate is 316 and the high estimate is 332P. UCDP counts 233P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for June 2026 was 59 eventsP.

The count for July 2025 was 33 events. The change from July 2025 to July 2026 is up 24 percentP. Among the 26 months with a report for Sudan, July 2026 has the 23rd highest count of events. Sudan holds 2 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in all countries with a page in July 2026. In July 2025, the share was 1 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, July 2026: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsPEstimated deathsP
Blue Nile state227
Khartoum state110
North Darfur state1053
North Kordofan state18159
South Darfur state12
South Kordofan state530
West Darfur state117
West Kordofan state11

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

Figure 1. Events in Sudan, July 2026. The map shows 41 events with 318 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, July 2026: events with 10 or more estimated deaths (13 of 41 events), in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
1 Jul 2026South Kordofan stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based202024
4 Jul 2026Um Buru district, North Darfur stateSFA; CiviliansOne-sided101010
6 Jul 2026Jebrat El Sheikh district, North Kordofan stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based131313
8 Jul 2026Omdurman district, Khartoum stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based101010
15 Jul 2026No place givenSFA; CiviliansOne-sided101010
19 Jul 2026Um Rawaba district, North Kordofan stateSFA; CiviliansOne-sided151515
21 Jul 2026Kutum district, North Darfur stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based212121
22 Jul 2026Blue Nile stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based242424
23 Jul 2026Shiekan district, North Kordofan stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based151515
24 Jul 2026North Kordofan stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based222222
29 Jul 2026Sodari district, North Kordofan stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based242424
29 Jul 2026Bara district, North Kordofan stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based262626
30 Jul 2026Beida district, West Darfur stateNuwaiba; Salamat BaggaraNon-state171717

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 July 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Beni Halba Baggara1P2P
Government of Sudan28P234P
Nuwaiba1P17P
Salamat Baggara2P19P
SFA39P299P

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, July 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict28P68%
Non-state conflict2P5%
One-sided violence against civilians11P27%

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 July 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/sudan/month/2026-07/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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