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South Darfur state, Sudan: events and estimated deaths in May 2026

Monthly report of a regionDataset: UCDP Candidate Events, preliminaryData through

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UCDP recorded 8 eventsP of organized violence in South Darfur state, Sudan in May 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 101P. UCDP counts 9P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for April 2026 was 4 eventsP.

The count for May 2025 was 3 events. The change from May 2025 to May 2026 is up 167 percentP. Among the 21 months with a report for South Darfur state, Sudan, May 2026 has the highest count of events. South Darfur state, Sudan holds 13 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in Sudan in May 2026. In May 2025, the share was 6 percent.

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

The report of the country for this month: Sudan, May 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. South Darfur state, May 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
1 May 2026Nyala district, South Darfur stateSFA; CiviliansOne-sided777
13 May 2026Nyala district, South Darfur stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based333
15 May 2026Nyala district, South Darfur stateSFA; CiviliansOne-sided111
23 May 2026Kubum district, South Darfur stateBeni Halba Baggara; Salamat BaggaraNon-state111
29 May 2026Nyala district, South Darfur stateSFA; CiviliansOne-sided111
30 May 2026Kubum district, South Darfur stateBeni Halba Baggara; Salamat BaggaraNon-state161616
30 May 2026Kubum district, South Darfur stateBeni Halba Baggara; Salamat BaggaraNon-state686868
30 May 2026Kubum district, South Darfur stateBeni Halba Baggara; Salamat BaggaraNon-state444

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. South Darfur state: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of May 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Beni Halba Baggara4P89P
Government of Sudan1P3P
Salamat Baggara4P89P
SFA4P12P

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 South Darfur state, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 20266P44PCandidate Events
August 20261P1PCandidate Events
July 20261P2PCandidate Events
June 20264P14PCandidate Events
May 20268P101PCandidate Events
April 20264P23PCandidate Events
March 20266P35PCandidate Events
February 20261P1PCandidate Events
December 2025180GED
November 2025124GED
October 202547GED
September 2025413GED
August 2025580GED
July 202510GED
May 20253403GED
March 202523GED
February 2025586GED
January 2025529GED
December 2024724GED
November 2024322GED
September 2024118GED

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.

South Darfur state: all figures

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ConflictStats. South Darfur state, Sudan: events and estimated deaths in May 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/sudan/south-darfur-state/month/2026-05/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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