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

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UCDP recorded 8 eventsP of organized violence in South Kordofan state, Sudan in May 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 19P. The low estimate is 19 and the high estimate is 444P. UCDP counts 11P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for April 2026 was 9 eventsP.

The count for May 2025 was 6 events. The change from May 2025 to May 2026 is up 33 percentP. Among the 20 months with a report for South Kordofan state, Sudan, May 2026 has the 7th highest count of events. South Kordofan state, Sudan holds 13 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in Sudan in May 2026. In May 2025, the share was 11 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 .

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Events

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

Table 1. South Kordofan state, May 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
1 May 2026Heiban district, South Kordofan stateAtoro; SFANon-state00401
4 May 2026Heiban district, South Kordofan stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based555
6 May 2026Habila district, South Kordofan stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based222
7 May 2026Habila district, South Kordofan stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based0024
12 May 2026Dilling district, South Kordofan stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based666
20 May 2026Dilling district, South Kordofan stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based333
25 May 2026Dilling district, South Kordofan stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based222
30 May 2026Habila district, South Kordofan stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based111

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 Kordofan state: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of May 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Atoro1P0P
Government of Sudan7P19P
SFA8P19P

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 Kordofan state, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 20267P61PCandidate Events
August 20265P4PCandidate Events
July 20265P30PCandidate Events
June 20269P17PCandidate Events
May 20268P19PCandidate Events
April 20269P33PCandidate Events
March 202614P102PCandidate Events
February 202612P86PCandidate Events
January 202611P54PCandidate Events
December 202510241GED
November 2025887GED
October 2025734GED
August 202525GED
June 2025419GED
May 2025640GED
April 202535GED
March 202512GED
February 2025286GED
October 202428GED
August 202411GED

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South Kordofan state: all figures

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