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

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UCDP recorded 12 eventsP of organized violence in North Kordofan state, Sudan in August 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 77P. The low estimate is 62 and the high estimate is 77P. UCDP counts 64P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for July 2026 was 18 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 the events with 10 or more estimated deaths. The CSV file of Sudan has each event.

Table 1. North Kordofan state, August 2026: events with 10 or more estimated deaths (2 of 12 events), in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
10 Aug 2026Jebrat El Sheikh district, North Kordofan stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based19519
14 Aug 2026Shiekan district, North Kordofan stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based181818

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 Kordofan 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 Sudan10P66P
SFA10P71P

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 Kordofan state, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
August 202612P77PCandidate Events
July 202618P159PCandidate Events
June 202625P127PCandidate Events
May 20265P88PCandidate Events
April 20263P14PCandidate Events
March 20267P60PCandidate Events
February 202610P71PCandidate Events
January 20265P256PCandidate Events
December 202523GED
November 20251284GED
October 202515450GED
September 20259236GED
August 20258200GED
July 20259725GED
June 2025440GED
May 2025868GED
April 20256100GED
March 202512121GED
February 2025795GED
January 202511GED
December 2024317GED
October 2024481GED
September 202444GED
August 2024222GED

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 Kordofan state: all figures

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ConflictStats. North Kordofan state, Sudan: events and estimated deaths in August 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/sudan/north-kordofan-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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