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North Darfur state, Sudan: events and estimated deaths in February 2026

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UCDP recorded 8 eventsP of organized violence in North Darfur state, Sudan in February 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 68P. UCDP counts 64P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for January 2026 was 11 eventsP.

The count for February 2025 was 21 events. The change from February 2025 to February 2026 is down 62 percentP. Among the 26 months with a report for North Darfur state, Sudan, February 2026 has the 20th highest count of events. North Darfur state, Sudan holds 17 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in Sudan in February 2026. In February 2025, the share was 38 percent.

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

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

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.

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Events

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

Table 1. North Darfur state, February 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
1 Feb 2026El Fasher district, North Darfur stateSFA; CiviliansOne-sided161616
6 Feb 2026Kutum district, North Darfur stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based101010
7 Feb 2026Kutum district, North Darfur stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based222
11 Feb 2026Kutum district, North Darfur stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based666
13 Feb 2026Kutum district, North Darfur stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based222
21 Feb 2026Kutum district, North Darfur stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based222
23 Feb 2026Kebkabiya district, North Darfur stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based222
23 Feb 2026Kebkabiya district, North Darfur stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based282828

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. North Darfur state: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of February 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Sudan7P52P
SFA8P68P

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 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 February 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/sudan/north-darfur-state/month/2026-02/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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