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North Darfur state, Sudan: events and estimated deaths in October 2025

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UCDP recorded 82 events of organized violence in North Darfur state, Sudan in October 2025. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 60,790. The low estimate is 7,164 and the high estimate is 75,810. UCDP counts 60,435 of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for September 2025 was 29 events.

The count for October 2024 was 25 events. The change from October 2024 to October 2025 is up 228 percent. Among the 26 months with a report for North Darfur state, Sudan, October 2025 has the highest count of events. North Darfur state, Sudan holds 65 percent of the events that UCDP recorded in Sudan in October 2025. In October 2024, the share was 33 percent.

The report of the country for this month: Sudan, October 2025.

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.

Events

The table lists the events with 10 or more estimated deaths. The CSV file of Sudan has each event.

Table 1. North Darfur state, October 2025: events with 10 or more estimated deaths (41 of 82 events), in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsLowHigh
1 Oct 2025El Fasher district, North Darfur stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based161616
3 Oct 2025El Fasher district, North Darfur stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based181818
5 Oct 2025El Fasher district, North Darfur stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based131313
6 Oct 2025El Fasher district, North Darfur stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based151515
6 Oct 2025El Fasher district, North Darfur stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based24024
7 Oct 2025El Fasher district, North Darfur stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based121212
8 Oct 2025El Fasher district, North Darfur stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based131313
10 Oct 2025El Fasher district, North Darfur stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based303030
11 Oct 2025El Fasher district, North Darfur stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based373737
11 Oct 2025El Kuma district, North Darfur stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based161616
12 Oct 2025El Fasher district, North Darfur stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based101101101
14 Oct 2025El Fasher district, North Darfur stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based24024
15 Oct 2025Kornoi district, North Darfur stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based121212
15 Oct 2025El Fasher district, North Darfur stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based24024
17 Oct 2025El Fasher district, North Darfur stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based24024
19 Oct 2025Mellit district, North Darfur stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based242424
19 Oct 2025El Fasher district, North Darfur stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based24024
20 Oct 2025El Fasher district, North Darfur stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based181818
23 Oct 2025El Fasher district, North Darfur stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based300300300
25 Oct 2025El Fasher district, North Darfur stateSFA; CiviliansOne-sided707080
25 Oct 2025El Fasher district, North Darfur stateSFA; CiviliansOne-sided103103103
25 Oct 2025El Fasher district, North Darfur stateSFA; CiviliansOne-sided24,1733,17324,173
25 Oct 2025El Fasher district, North Darfur stateSFA; CiviliansOne-sided565656
25 Oct 2025El Fasher district, North Darfur stateSFA; CiviliansOne-sided32,505047,505
26 Oct 2025El Fasher district, North Darfur stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based505050
26 Oct 2025El Fasher district, North Darfur stateSFA; CiviliansOne-sided500500500
26 Oct 2025El Fasher district, North Darfur stateSFA; CiviliansOne-sided600600600
26 Oct 2025El Fasher district, North Darfur stateSFA; CiviliansOne-sided150150150
26 Oct 2025El Fasher district, North Darfur stateSFA; CiviliansOne-sided300300300
26 Oct 2025El Fasher district, North Darfur stateSFA; CiviliansOne-sided505050
26 Oct 2025El Fasher district, North Darfur stateSFA; CiviliansOne-sided100100100
26 Oct 2025El Fasher district, North Darfur stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based171717
26 Oct 2025El Fasher district, North Darfur stateSFA; CiviliansOne-sided161616
26 Oct 2025El Fasher district, North Darfur stateSFA; CiviliansOne-sided303030
27 Oct 2025El Fasher district, North Darfur stateSFA; CiviliansOne-sided171717
27 Oct 2025El Fasher district, North Darfur stateSFA; CiviliansOne-sided300300300
27 Oct 2025El Fasher district, North Darfur stateSFA; CiviliansOne-sided300300300
27 Oct 2025El Fasher district, North Darfur stateSFA; CiviliansOne-sided707080
28 Oct 2025El Fasher district, North Darfur stateSFA; CiviliansOne-sided461461461
28 Oct 2025El Fasher district, North Darfur stateSFA; CiviliansOne-sided222222
31 Oct 2025El Fasher district, North Darfur stateSFA; CiviliansOne-sided101010

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. North Darfur state: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of October 2025, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Sudan34867
SFA8260,790

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.

All months

Table 3. Monthly reports of North Darfur state, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 20262P3PCandidate Events
August 20268P63PCandidate Events
July 202610P53PCandidate Events
June 20267P40PCandidate Events
May 202614P47PCandidate Events
April 20267P89PCandidate Events
March 20267P97PCandidate Events
February 20268P68PCandidate Events
January 202611P194PCandidate Events
December 20259206GED
November 2025322GED
October 20258260,790GED
September 202529503GED
August 202524689GED
July 202511251GED
June 202513145GED
May 202518200GED
April 2025502,472GED
March 202524614GED
February 202521351GED
January 2025431,134GED
December 202445604GED
November 202431331GED
October 202425247GED
September 202431313GED
August 202422185GED

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.

North Darfur state: all figures

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ConflictStats. North Darfur state, Sudan: events and estimated deaths in October 2025. https://conflictstats.com/country/sudan/north-darfur-state/month/2025-10/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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