Bulletin 2026-08UCDP data through GED 26.1, Candidate Events 26.0.8Changes in the data

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

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UCDP recorded 8 eventsP of organized violence in North Darfur state, Sudan in August 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 63P. The low estimate is 62 and the high estimate is 63P. UCDP counts 42P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for July 2026 was 10 eventsP.

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

The report of the country for this month: Sudan, August 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 26.0.8, 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, August 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
2 Aug 2026Kebkabiya district, North Darfur stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based454545
3 Aug 2026El Fasher district, North Darfur stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based222
10 Aug 2026Kebkabiya district, North Darfur stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based222
15 Aug 2026Mellit district, North Darfur stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based222
15 Aug 2026Umm Keddada district, North Darfur stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based222
21 Aug 2026El Malha district, North Darfur stateSFA; CiviliansOne-sided111
23 Aug 2026Mellit district, North Darfur stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based767
31 Aug 2026Kutum district, North Darfur stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based222

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 August 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Sudan7P62P
SFA8P63P

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
August 20268P63PCandidate Events
July 202610P63PCandidate Events
June 20267P40PCandidate Events
May 202614P47PCandidate Events
April 20268P93PCandidate 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. A report of a month more than 24 months before the data end stays online. Search engines are asked not to list it.

North Darfur state: all figures

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ConflictStats. North Darfur state, Sudan: events and estimated deaths in August 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/sudan/north-darfur-state/month/2026-08/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.8. Data through .

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