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

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

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

UCDP recorded 1 eventP of organized violence in South Darfur state, Sudan in August 2026. The best estimate of deaths in this event is 1P. UCDP counts this death as the death of a civilianP. The count for July 2026 was 1 eventP.

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. South Darfur state, August 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
17 Aug 2026Nyala district, South Darfur stateSFA; CiviliansOne-sided111

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 August 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
SFA1P1P

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
August 20261P1PCandidate Events
July 20261P2PCandidate Events
June 20264P14PCandidate Events
May 20268P101PCandidate Events
April 20265P26PCandidate Events
March 20266P35PCandidate Events
February 20262P19PCandidate 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.

South Darfur state: all figures

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ConflictStats. South Darfur state, Sudan: events and estimated deaths in August 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/sudan/south-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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