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

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

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

UCDP recorded 4 eventsP of organized violence in South Kordofan state, Sudan in August 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 6P. The low estimate is 6 and the high estimate is 12P. UCDP counts 6P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for July 2026 was 4 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. South Kordofan state, August 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
15 Aug 2026Heiban district, South Kordofan stateActor not identified by UCDP; CiviliansOne-sided333
27 Aug 2026South Kordofan stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based003
28 Aug 2026El Abassiya district, South Kordofan stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based003
28 Aug 2026Dilling district, South Kordofan stateGovernment of Sudan; SFAState-based333

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

Names are as UCDP writes them, with two labels that the site writes. UCDP does not identify some actors: the site writes "Actor not identified by UCDP" for each of them. UCDP names some groups for a person: the site writes "Group named for a person (name not shown)" for each of them. A line with a label can hold more than one actor.

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. South 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
Actor not identified by UCDP1P3P
Government of Sudan3P3P
SFA3P3P

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. Names are as UCDP writes them, with two labels that the site writes. UCDP does not identify some actors: the site writes "Actor not identified by UCDP" for each of them. UCDP names some groups for a person: the site writes "Group named for a person (name not shown)" for each of them. A line with a label can hold more than one actor.

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
August 20264P6PCandidate Events
July 20264P26PCandidate Events
June 20269P19PCandidate Events
May 20267P19PCandidate Events
April 20269P33PCandidate Events
March 202616P110PCandidate Events
February 202612P86PCandidate Events
January 202612P75PCandidate Events
December 202510241GED
November 2025887GED
October 2025734GED
August 202525GED
June 2025419GED
May 2025640GED
April 202535GED
March 202512GED
February 2025286GED
October 202428GED
August 202411GED

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.

South Kordofan state: all figures

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